<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>npub1cpxwma0gzj4psea07fk0ukc923mcut40t6kn4s2kp5xdkm3gqlxq37msgp</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1cpxwma0gzj4psea07fk0ukc923mcut40t6kn4s2kp5xdkm3gqlxq37msgp</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>📅 Original date posted:2012-07-23&#xA;📝 Original message:Hello,&#xA;&#xA;Even though I&#39;m not a dev, I can&#39;t agree more, and would like to know if &#xA;they are expected steps being taken, some fixes coming, or whatever?&#xA;&#xA;Thank you all for your hard work.&#xA;Raphael&#xA;&#xA;On 07/23/2012 12:37 AM, grarpamp wrote:&#xA;&gt; Given a testbed: Pentium 4 1.8GHz single core, 2GB ram, FreeBSD 8,&#xA;&gt; disk is geli aes-128 + zfs sha-256, bitcoin 0.6.3, Tor proxy,&#xA;&gt; An estimate is made that by the end of the year bitcoin will&#xA;&gt; completely overrun the capabilities of this reasonable class of&#xA;&gt; machines.&#xA;&gt; It already takes a month to build a new blockchain, let alone keep up&#xA;&gt; with new incoming blocks.&#xA;&gt; Yes, it also has workstation duties, yet even if those were removed,&#xA;&gt; it would probably choke by mid 2013.&#xA;&gt;&#xA;&gt; It would appear bitcoin has some *serious* scalability hurdles coming&#xA;&gt; down the road.&#xA;&gt; Most certainly if the user expects to independantly build, manage, and&#xA;&gt; trust their own blockchain.&#xA;&gt;&#xA;&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;&gt; Live Security Virtual Conference&#xA;&gt; Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today&#39;s security and&#xA;&gt; threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions&#xA;&gt; will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware&#xA;&gt; threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/&#xA;&gt; _______________________________________________&#xA;&gt; Bitcoin-development mailing list&#xA;&gt; Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net&#xA;&gt; https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development</html></oembed>