Re: btrfs: What to do with large growing files?

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On Wed, 2021-01-13 at 19:21 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 23:01 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > but from what I understand of how blockchain works the database is
> > append-only, as each new block includes a cryptographically strong
> > hash of the previous one. That's what makes it a chain.
> 
> An infinitely expanding file on a consumer computer sounds like a
> recipe for disaster.

AFAIK it doesn't grow very quickly, but yes. However IIUC this is only
applicable to bitcoin mining, which probably isn't suitable for a
consumer desktop in any case.

poc
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