<p>This is a <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17827" rel="nofollow noreferrer">known issue</a> and a bug with APFS. This will be fixed in the next version of Bitcoin Core.</p>

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Ava Chow
<p>I've had Bitcoin Core running on my Macbook i5, 8gb ram, the last five nights and have gotten to 58%. It's downloading to an external hdd and now the blocks directory contains 375gb of data.</p>

<p>Another computer, Huawei laptop i5 8gb ram, started downloading it yesterday and has gotten to 61% with just under 200gb or storage space used. Although this computer first downloaded to its internal ssd and then I copied it to the hdd. Now its crashing all the time in the same way the first has been for the last days.</p>

<p>I cant figure out why its saving more than the original blockchain. Why is this?</p>

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Bitcoin Core full node has saved a lot more space than 260gb
Karlos
# Bitcoin Core full node has saved a lot more space than 260gb

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-02)

I've had Bitcoin Core running on my Macbook i5, 8gb ram, the last five nights and have gotten to 58%. It's downloading to an external hdd and now the blocks directory contains 375gb of data.

Another computer, Huawei laptop i5 8gb ram, started downloading it yesterday and has gotten to 61% with just under 200gb or storage space used. Although this computer first downloaded to its internal ssd and then I copied it to the hdd. Now its crashing all the time in the same way the first has been for the last days.

I cant figure out why its saving more than the original blockchain. Why is this?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, full-node, storage, blockchain-data-storage


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-02. Score: 3

This is a [known issue](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17827) and a bug with APFS. This will be fixed in the next version of Bitcoin Core.


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