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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 6h \ parent \ on: Bitcoin Knots Synchronisation Lost bitcoin_beginners
Speaking of #1060416, is there a hardware guide for running an efficient bitcoin node anywhere?
I built my node during the old days when a raspberry pi and a 1 TB external SSD was enough. But it seems like the resource pressure is higher now, but I don't understand much about hard drive specs like DRAM cache, or other specs that might help make running a node smoother.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 3h
What do you use it for?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2h
Right now, nothing. It's supposed to be my main lightning node. I used to use it for a bit of routing (never profitable), and for broadcasting my own transactions from command line (a good educational experience). But ever since I wiped it and rebuilt it and it took a month to IBD, I lost interest a bit. Primarily just using Alby Desktop for now. Overall though, my goal of having this node would be to validate blocks myself, broadcast my own transactions, help the network, and run a more stable lightning node than my current Alby Desktop (which isn't always on.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 2h
I'll write something up when I'm done testing and tuning (still haven't started, sorry) for self-validation/broadcast. Re: LN node. I've never approached it like that, running everything on one Pi, but can have a look once I'm done w/ the bitcoind.
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