<p>It's describing how much of the allocated UTXO cache you are using. You can adjust how much maximum memory Bitcoin Core uses for this and others with the <code>dbcache</code> parameter, the higher the limit in megabytes the higher the performance to a certain degree. </p>

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<pre><code>UpdateTip: new best=0000000027effeeafbf56c6c9de19f7d8f5b96227b2b4e85c6f6033220866f0d  height=221  log2_work=39.298291  tx=46374  date=2015-11-06 12:02:46 progress=1.000000  cache=3.0MiB(10114tx)
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<p>What is the significance of <code>cache=3.0MB</code> in above mentioned UpdateTip log drom debug.log ?</p>

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What does cache value signifies in UpdateTip log messages?
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# What does cache value signifies in UpdateTip log messages?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-07)

```
UpdateTip: new best=0000000027effeeafbf56c6c9de19f7d8f5b96227b2b4e85c6f6033220866f0d  height=221  log2_work=39.298291  tx=46374  date=2015-11-06 12:02:46 progress=1.000000  cache=3.0MiB(10114tx)

```

What is the significance of `cache=3.0MB` in above mentioned UpdateTip log drom debug.log ?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-07. Score: 2

It's describing how much of the allocated UTXO cache you are using. You can adjust how much maximum memory Bitcoin Core uses for this and others with the `dbcache` parameter, the higher the limit in megabytes the higher the performance to a certain degree.


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