Following a Twitter discussion on the differences in blockchain size of Bitcoin and Ethereum, BitMEX has released research touching upon those points.
In response to the following tweet, Peter McLasso had also added that “Ethereum full archival node is 9TB when Bitcoin node is 412GB.” Therein, he might be referring to the archival node, as pointed out by the research.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>#Bitcoin’s blockchain is 412 GB in 13 yearsEthereum’s is 2.5 TB in 6 years
This is why Bitcoin has already won
— deyonté (@deyonte_btc) November 14, 2021
It is noteworthy that both chains follow a proof of work mechanism currently, before Ethereum transitions into POS in 2022. BitMEX noted Bitcoin’s blockchain is larger than that of Ethereum.
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