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by marcell 3872 days ago
Historical data [1] shows 25GB annual growth, and currently the blockchain is around 50GB, so that gives us an expected 3 years.

Current max theoretical is ~50GB annual, if every block is the max 1MB. There is an ongoing debate about whether to increase the max block size.

[1] https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size?timespan=1year&sh...