# Algorand is resource hungry

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**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-is-resource-hungry/1212 "2019-12-19T09:44:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/algorand-is-resource-hungry/1212/1 "2019-12-19T09:44:21Z")

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To catch up on Algorand network, you need a 100 Mbit Internet connection and a computer with 4 cores.  
It takes a considerable time. But Algorand is still practically UNUSED, with a daily txn count of 3 thousand txn. Now what would happen, if this network would be used by millions, and the daily txn count would be several million?

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