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0 pointseterps3y ago0 comments

> But it’s the ability to verify & reject blocks that’s important. And anyone can maintain their own BTC blockchain from the beginning of time relatively easily (less than $500).

And on Ethereum you can't?

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taolegal3y ago

You can't host the actual entire ethereum blockchain from the beginning of time for less than $500 on your own hardware.

eterpsOP3y ago

I wasn't aware of that, do you happen to know the actual cost?

taolegal3y ago

apparently it cost roughly $10k/year for an archive node back in 2020:

https://tjayrush.medium.com/building-your-own-ethereum-archi...

the point is that bitcoin has intentionally restricted block size to not expand the blockchain size at a prohibitive rate

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0 pointseterps3y ago0 comments

> But it’s the ability to verify & reject blocks that’s important. And anyone can maintain their own BTC blockchain from the beginning of time relatively easily (less than $500).

And on Ethereum you can't?

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taolegal3y ago

You can't host the actual entire ethereum blockchain from the beginning of time for less than $500 on your own hardware.

eterpsOP3y ago

I wasn't aware of that, do you happen to know the actual cost?

taolegal3y ago

apparently it cost roughly $10k/year for an archive node back in 2020:

https://tjayrush.medium.com/building-your-own-ethereum-archi...

the point is that bitcoin has intentionally restricted block size to not expand the blockchain size at a prohibitive rate

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse