<p>Currently 48GB. Its hard to say how much the chain will grow in the future, but the 1MB block size limit caps the growth of the chain itself to 50GB per year. Building services that rely on a fully indexed block chain is probably quite inadvisable, you should aim to construct systems that don't require it. </p>

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2015-06-25T01:58:03.053Z
What about testnet?
Wizard Of Ozzie
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Claris
<p>Currently the blockchain is at 36 GB, but with txindex turn on, how big is it? And how much disk space should I get to run a Bitcoin Core node with txindex on for say a year?</p>

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How much disk space do I need to run Bitcoin Core with txindex on?
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# How much disk space do I need to run Bitcoin Core with txindex on?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-24)

Currently the blockchain is at 36 GB, but with txindex turn on, how big is it? And how much disk space should I get to run a Bitcoin Core node with txindex on for say a year?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Currently 48GB. Its hard to say how much the chain will grow in the future, but the 1MB block size limit caps the growth of the chain itself to 50GB per year. Building services that rely on a fully indexed block chain is probably quite inadvisable, you should aim to construct systems that don't require it.

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> **username_2**: What about testnet?  

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