From 84900617063b8a516d47a4f7340d323aa360512b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: theymos Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:52:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update/fix block size limits Bitcoin limits are usually defined using decimal-friendly numbers of bytes. The block size is limited to 1 MB, not 1 MiB, for example. Also, the latest block size limit is 750 KB, not 350 KB. --- _includes/ref_block_chain.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_includes/ref_block_chain.md b/_includes/ref_block_chain.md index 293fb3c5..1560a4f0 100644 --- a/_includes/ref_block_chain.md +++ b/_includes/ref_block_chain.md @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ As of version 2 blocks, each block consists of four root elements: 2. A 4-byte unsigned integer indicating how many bytes follow until the end of the block. Although this field would suggest maximum block - sizes of 4 GiB, max block size is currently capped at 1 MiB and the - default max block size (used by most miners) is 350 KiB (although + sizes of 4 GiB, max block size is currently capped at 1 MB and the + default max block size (used by most miners) is 750 KB (although this will likely increase over time). 3. An 80-byte block header described in the section below.