1 sat \ 11 replies \ @kenn_b OP 14 Mar 2023 \ parent \ on: Does your bitcoin node accept incoming connections? bitcoin
Well put.
I just assumed (and we all know what happens when you assume) RPi is not used for that - that is a plaque in the network. I understand why people buy them, but you can get a much more powerful NUC for almost the same price nowadays.
Gaming laptops come with a screen and battery.
Install ubuntu server or proxmox and 🤌
(js)
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Laptops are not meant to be on 24/7 + why would you use the extra electricity to power the screen?
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Laptops are not meant to be on 24/7
Says who?
why would you use the extra electricity to power the screen?
- Change a setting.
- Close the lid.
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A good laptop could be plugged in and its battery could be just as a backup UPS.
You don't need to keep the screen on all the time, you can just lid off the screen and disable all the standby features of the latop. The screen goes off when you lid down.
I trust more a good laptop than a RPi for a LN node.
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disable all the standby features of the laptop
There's more??
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there is always more :). Either way, I would not trust a regular laptop to do this job. Perhaps just a personal opinion, but the main point of a laptop is that it is transferrable and not just sitting plugged in all the time.
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Not a valid argument imo.
Physical access is root access.
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I meant it more like that they weren't designed to run 24/7. Especially, when people usually use old laptops for this.
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What is NUC?
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a small mini computer - examples: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=nuc&_sacat=0
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