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The people that prefer to have full control over their **Ethereum (ETH)** addresses by running a local node with a full copy of the Ethereum blockchain could soon start having free space issues as the storage requirements continue to grow at a rapid rate. The Ethereum blockchain data is already getting past the 29GB mark in size and thanks to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) you may need to have a second copy of that data, so another 29GB for the ETC local wallet and blockchain.

You may think it is not that big of an issue if you keep a single large blockchain on your computer, but people that use local crypto currency wallets usually have multiple of these and with the already huge Bitcoin (BTC) data as well as a few other more established older altcoins the free space required on your hard drive or let alone SSD if you use one can be over in no time...