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The Futility of Bitcoin Forks So Far: A Cautionary Tale of Cryptocurrency Fragmentation

In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin forks have emerged as a fascinating yet ultimately unsuccessful strategy for innovation and disruption. What began as a promising approach to addressing Bitcoin’s perceived limitations has devolved into a graveyard of failed alternatives, offering crucial insights into the dynamics of blockchain technology and digital currency markets. The Illusion […]

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How Many Gigabytes Is The Entire Bitcoin Blockchain So Far? (Plus Also Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash – Compared)

Trying to find out how big the entire Bitcoin blockchain (also known as the Bitcoin ‘ledger’) is? The size of the entire Bitcoin blockchain grows at a pace of approximately one additional megabyte (MB) every ten minutes (and has done since it began way back in 2009). As of August 2023 it is a pretty […]