Blockchain Size Ticker Screensaver
The Blockchain Size Ticker screensaver shows the real, ever-growing size of the Bitcoin blockchain in gigabytes, with its growth charted over recent years. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Blockchain Size Ticker screensaver works
The saver fetches the blockchain's real recorded size history, with no key required.
A large readout shows the current real total size in gigabytes.
A chart traces how that total has grown over recent years as new blocks are added.
Readings refresh on a schedule to track real chain growth.
A worked example
The chart climbs in a steady real staircase — every roughly ten minutes, another real block adds to the permanent, ever-growing ledger.
Settings & tips
- Accent recolours the growth line.
- Size grows by about one to four megabytes per block, in real terms.
- The full history is public and downloadable by anyone running a node.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does the blockchain keep growing?
- Every new real block permanently appends its transaction data to the chain — nothing is ever removed.
- Is a key needed?
- No key is required for this light, periodic data fetch.
- How big is it now?
- The live readout shows the real current total, which grows continuously.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.