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macrael
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How the Bitcoin protocol actually works
How many transactions end up in a block? How big are blocks?
maaku
on Dec 6, 2013
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As many as will fit, and maximum 1MB.
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Recently, a new patch is going to enter in the bitcoin-qt client that increases the default size of the block for miners from 50k to 300k to accomodate higher transaction volume.
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There's some controversy around what to do about this problem. See, for example:
http://keepbitcoinfree.org/
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