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Update/fix block size limits #578

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theymos commented Sep 26, 2014

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.
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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.
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@saivann saivann commented on the diff Sep 26, 2014

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_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
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saivann Sep 26, 2014

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@theymos If we use MB, you could also s/GiB/GB on the same line :)

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theymos Sep 26, 2014

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4 GiB = 4294967296 bytes, which is the correct maximum number of bytes that the block data structure can hold (actually it's off by 1 byte, but whatever). 4 GB = 4 billion bytes, which is not correct. Similarly, 1 MiB and 1 MB are different, but in this case MB is correct and MiB is incorrect.
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harding commented Sep 26, 2014

This LGTM. Since this is a small patch and a correction, I'll merge it in momentarily. It'll appear on the website a few minutes after that. Thanks, @theymos!

@harding harding merged commit 8490061 into bitcoin-dot-org:master Sep 26, 2014

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