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20ontains actually syncing the blockchain. Chia uses Nakamoto consensus, which means the network is permissionless, decentralized, and follows a Poisson distribution for inter-blocktime arrival. The full node requirements are designed to be extremely low, since the proof of space verification is very lightweight. It is designed to run on low-power, low core-count commodity computing devices (e.g. cheap laptop, Raspberry pi4.) There is a small-capacity SSD requirement to house the database for the blockchain, which is not a problem since a 256GB is currently cheaper than the cheapest HDD [IDC, 2021]. Chia has profiled the blockchain database workload to not take up a considerable amount of storage space and fit on a mainstream SSD included in every laptop, desktop, or easily available in the global consumer SSD market which includes 360 million SSDs per year [IDC, 2021].">Full node. The full node in the Chia is the peer-to-peer protocol that contains actually syncing the blockchain. Chia uses Nakamoto consensus, which means the network is permissionless, decentralized, and follows a Poisson distribution for inter-blocktime arrival. The full node requirements are designed to be extremely low, since the proof of space verification is very lightweight. It is designed to run on low-power, low core-count commodity computing devices (e.g. cheap laptop, Raspberry pi4.) There is a small-capacity SSD requirement to house the database for the blockchain, which is not a problem since a 256GB is currently cheaper than the cheapest HDD [IDC, 2021]. Chia has profiled the blockchain database workload to not take up a considerable amount of storage space and fit on a mainstream SSD included in every laptop, desktop, or easily available in the global consumer SSD market which includes 360 million SSDs per year [IDC, 2021].</p></a></article><article class="col col--6 margin-bottom--lg"><a class="card padding--lg cardContainer_fWXF" href="/hardware-resources/plotting"><h2 class="text--truncate cardTitle_rnsV" title="Plotting">📄️<!-- --> <!-- -->Plotting</h2><p class="text--truncate cardDescription_PWke" title="The Chia plotting workload is only required to be performed once per plot during the initial creation, where the final plot file lives on a low power storage device for the remainder of the years of farming. The plotting process involves the creation of the cryptographic data that is stored on the farming devices, and requires compute and ephemeral storage resources to create.">The Chia plotting workload is only required to be performed once per plot during the initial creation, where the final plot file lives on a low power storage device for the remainder of the years of farming. The plotting process involves the creation of the cryptographic data that is stored on the farming devices, and requires compute and ephemeral storage resources to create.</p></a></article><article class="col col--6 margin-bottom--lg"><a class="card padding--lg cardContainer_fWXF" href="/hardware-resources/Timelord"><h2 class="text--truncate cardTitle_rnsV" title="Chia Timelords">📄️<!-- --> <!-- -->Chia Timelords</h2><p class="text--truncate cardDescription_PWke" title="Proof of Time, Verifiable Delay Function">Proof of Time, Verifiable Delay Function</p></a></article></section></article><footer class="margin-top--lg"><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/chia-proofs-of-space/PoST"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Proof of Space and Time</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/hardware-resources/hardware"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Hardware Resources Required</div></a></nav></footer></div></div></main></div></div><footer class="footer footer--dark"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="row footer__links"><div class="col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Docs</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://chiapower.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Model</a></li></ul></div>

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