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At the current scales, that is like saying a 128x128 jpg has big implications over a 64x64 jpg. Anyone who can watch a 240p youtube video can sync with bitcoin's limited blockchain. Not only that but most people don't need to and don't want to.

What is bitcoin's throughput? 2MB every -10 minutes-? That's less than 3KB/s. Let's not do this whole dance where the real numbers never come up in all the fear mongering.

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2MB every 10 minutes is 9GB/month.

PlayStation games need to download more than that to install. Many steam games push updates bigger than that.

A single 10TB hard drive would take over -92 YEARS- to fill up at that rate. And again, most people don't ever need to sync with the chain, they let servers do it for them.

What is your point?

Metered connections and constrained devices exist. Even in 1st world countries.

And? For the third time, most people never even think about syncing with the chain. Do you understand how cryptocurrencies work? Have you ever used one? What is your point?

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