if we didnt have segwit discount
timechain would have been only ~500GB rn.
instead its ~750GB (excluding the indexes and stuff that makes the chain data actually useful).
you wouldnt need a 2TB drive.
you would need less bandwidth as well.
less processing power too.
after taproot and spam, processing power requirements went even higher.
its funny how we are keep damaging the thing we should maximize and optimize for, which is making running a node easier.
bitcoin is the NODE you have. bitcoin doesnt live on the sky, you alone run all of bitcoin yourself. all of the ideas of bitcoin being decentralized are based on every user being a node.
if you are not using your own node you are not using bitcoin. you dont have to know how your node works, or be a nerd to run a node. bitcoin user by definition is a node. but its too complex, too user unfriendly. its almost like they dont want you to run your own instance of bitcoin.
nomadshiba / nomadshiba | XBT
npub1gk…sppqk
2026-07-17 12:53:57 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1gkp4cdh5rktehjqjnqc09awey4302dpadlka6mes4fu5spes7fhqfsppqkSeen on
wss://nostr.momPublished at
2026-07-17 12:53:57 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "ed4aff4aec42ec9ecac9822777d04677e6c5d9044e63062346d0c5d80c35d034",
"pubkey": "45835c36f41d979bc8129830f2f5d92562f5343d6feddd6f30aa79480730f26e",
"created_at": 1784292837,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"client",
"Yakihonne",
"31990:20986fb83e775d96d188ca5c9df10ce6d613e0eb7e5768a0f0b12b37cdac21b3:1700732875747"
]
],
"content": "if we didnt have segwit discount\ntimechain would have been only ~500GB rn.\ninstead its ~750GB (excluding the indexes and stuff that makes the chain data actually useful).\n\nyou wouldnt need a 2TB drive.\nyou would need less bandwidth as well.\nless processing power too.\n\nafter taproot and spam, processing power requirements went even higher.\n\nits funny how we are keep damaging the thing we should maximize and optimize for, which is making running a node easier.\n\nbitcoin is the NODE you have. bitcoin doesnt live on the sky, you alone run all of bitcoin yourself. all of the ideas of bitcoin being decentralized are based on every user being a node.\n\nif you are not using your own node you are not using bitcoin. you dont have to know how your node works, or be a nerd to run a node. bitcoin user by definition is a node. but its too complex, too user unfriendly. its almost like they dont want you to run your own instance of bitcoin. ",
"sig": "bffdbbd2a17648139940d8cf9ca2e50008fe3c62e400f0f7958066f1826f86bfbd8c5d576044d936da451548875aed72189c4cc62b36cdb2d501ca170b0cad93"
}