Congratulations to the Algorand teams (inc. and foundation) and community for all the recent exciting updates. With the network supporting 6K TPS, given the current adoption rate, reaching 1K tx on average over the next or two years is a real possibility. There is a major issue though. The data sto…

I agree… we need to split the relay function of the node and archival function of the node Also note that the most load to the algod nodes are done by the indexers… They process each new block and put all data to the postgresql… They require full archival node to operate. Indexer does take more dat…

“there should also be mechanisms to clean up the blockchain from dead assets, transactions, etc.” all of this really boils down to the incentive structure for nodes (especially relay nodes). there is only 1 blockchain to date that claim to have solve this incentive structure saito.io Algorand cou…

well… any editing in past blocks will result in hash corruption and inability to get to the current hash from the origin… there will always need to be some node which holds all data even removed data… so no way for algod… for indexer it might be perhaps possible, but still there are usecases which …

it’s up to the user to do it. you can remove assets, opt-out of contracts and clear state. you can also delete applications. We should encourage users and devs to clean after themselves

In this comment on Reddit, I wrote that someone can spend less than $400 and increase the blockchain size by 1GB. I haven’t received any response from the Algorrand team on whether there is any mechanism in place to prevent it. Now, the question is whether someone can increase the blockchain size b…

[image] awesomecrypto: by 1GB in a second directly in consensus parameters are limits… there is maximum bytes per block and maximum bytes for transaction note field, and perhaps some other algorand has limit 1MB per block, which is now 3.6 seconds … so in one hour it is possible to increase …

With the 1MB block size limit, there will be a buffer time to appropriately react. So the maximum blockchain size increase in a year given the current parameters is ~8.6TB. Thanks for the clarification.

the good news is that we just need enough archival nodes since with stateproofs it wouldn’t matter if we trust them because they’ll have to prove it

Next immediate major challenge: Blockchain Size

SilentRhetoric October 19, 2022, 11:03pm 12

This article was nearly four years ago! It would be great to hear a current update on this challenging issue of blockchain bloat.

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Next immediate major challenge: Blockchain Size

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