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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Juan_David_Pe=C3=B1a_Melo?= <jdom1824@gmail.com>
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Subject: [bitcoindev] How was the average size of blk*.data chosen?
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I notice that the Bitcoin database is stored sequentially in blk*.dat 
files, with an average size between 128 to 134MB. I would like to know how 
this average size is determined and if there are any tests that demonstrate 
this size is the most efficient.

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<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-=
size: 13px; background-color: rgb(236, 237, 243);">I notice that the Bitcoi=
n database is stored sequentially in blk*.dat files, with an average size b=
etween 128 to 134MB. I would like to know how this average size is determin=
ed and if there are any tests that demonstrate this size is the most effici=
ent.</span><br />

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