{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1cpxwma0gzj4psea07fk0ukc923mcut40t6kn4s2kp5xdkm3gqlxq37msgp","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1cpxwma0gzj4psea07fk0ukc923mcut40t6kn4s2kp5xdkm3gqlxq37msgp","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2012-07-23\n📝 Original message:Hello,\n\nEven though I'm not a dev, I can't agree more, and would like to know if \nthey are expected steps being taken, some fixes coming, or whatever?\n\nThank you all for your hard work.\nRaphael\n\nOn 07/23/2012 12:37 AM, grarpamp wrote:\n\u003e Given a testbed: Pentium 4 1.8GHz single core, 2GB ram, FreeBSD 8,\n\u003e disk is geli aes-128 + zfs sha-256, bitcoin 0.6.3, Tor proxy,\n\u003e An estimate is made that by the end of the year bitcoin will\n\u003e completely overrun the capabilities of this reasonable class of\n\u003e machines.\n\u003e It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up\n\u003e with new incoming blocks.\n\u003e Yes, it also has workstation duties, yet even if those were removed,\n\u003e it would probably choke by mid 2013.\n\u003e\n\u003e It would appear bitcoin has some *serious* scalability hurdles coming\n\u003e down the road.\n\u003e Most certainly if the user expects to independantly build, manage, and\n\u003e trust their own blockchain.\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Live Security Virtual Conference\n\u003e Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and\n\u003e threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions\n\u003e will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware\n\u003e threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development"}