Although it looks like the big block versus small block debate is over, it is still relevant in the crypto space and some users are still digging on the boundaries of large blocks. Mtrycz, an author of the blog platform read.cash, claims to have mined a 1 gigabyte (GB) block with a Raspberry Pi4 on the Scalenet (extended test network) of Bitcoin Cash, which shows that there is actually a block of these Art can give, but only experimentally for the time being.

1 GB block that was mined with Raspberry Pi4

Mtrycz regularly publishes tests on the Bitcoin Cash-based blog platform read.cash, which achieved a breakthrough in mining by digging a massive 1 GB block with just the processing power of a Raspberry Pi4. Mtrycz claims this with a. to have done form The new “light” was developed last year by BCHN, currently the leading Bitcoin Cash full node implementation.

However, this is not an easy task. Although the block was dismantled, it took some time to finish. According to his report, the entire challenge took over 2 hours, with the single block miner having over 5.2 million transactions in about 50 minutes. This is not the first test he has done in this area as he has also previously tested mining 256MB blocks with positive results.

These tests show that, while experimental, it is possible to process large blocks with existing technology and today’s hardware, and will evolve with further advances in internet speed and computing power. In this regard, Mtrycz says:

“Technical improvements will push the boundaries of what is feasible and what is safe. It’s great to be part of a community that is pushing this limit to make Bitcoin Cash available worldwide. “

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If technology continues to improve at the same pace, all indications are that end users will have the ability to run their own nodes and review transactions on retail hardware, backed by the exchange.

It also means that real scaling can be done in a sustainable way by just increasing the block size combined with advances in technology, which people believe (and still think) of small blocks is not possible. smaller block sizes.

Minh Anh

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