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23 sats \ 5 replies \ @timechain 8 Oct 2022 \ parent \ on: Affordable Nodes – pleb⚙️parts bitcoin

Check out these episode of the Stephan Livera podcast:

https://stephanlivera.com/episode/411/ "SLP411 K3TAN WHY RASPBERRY PI BITCOIN NODES ARE BAD"

and

https://stephanlivera.com/episode/414/ "SLP414 MATT HILL RASPIFUD OR FACT? BITCOIN NODES AND SECURITY"

It kinda goes into how although it's really cool that BTC is able use raspis for nodes, there are better options that aren't much more expensive. K3tan from ministry of nodes really likes second hand dells, now that raspis have been rarer and more expensive since the pandemic.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Bendejo 10 Oct 2022

After listen to the two Podcas i would like to try some Optiplex. The high-priced raspberry as well as the CPU are good arguments for this I think.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DeezSats 9 Oct 2022

What's the tldr on why raspberry pi's are bad?

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @timechain 10 Oct 2022

Ok, so after the block size wars, people wanted to highlight the benefits of the block size choices they made by showing how one could make a node out of a raspi. And it's wonderful that you can, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you should. However, It kinda got "memed" into practice when it really meant to be a illustration of how good it is for decentralization to have small blocks.

It's, not a very powerful computer, if doing a few things at once, something bad (like overheating) might happen. But the biggest reason is the power supply. It's just done kinda cheaply. It's not really meant to be on 24/7 and it ends up leading to some fried SD cards.

Raspis have the advantage of being cheap. But they have been in short supply since the pandemic causing them to be not cheap enough anymore to be worth the diminished processing power and cheaply made design.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Bendejo 9 Oct 2022

Thanks for sharing this information. I will listen to it.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Taranis 8 Oct 2022

its wonderful these node packages are fully operational on single board computers, like raspberry pi. i hope the trend continues toward developing on lightest possible platform with the smallest footprint.

i personally think these brand used workstations by dell/levovo/hp are the best choice when considering price per performance, longevity, and serviceability.