500 sats \ 2 replies \ @OriginalSize 20 May 2023 \ on: Bitcoin Core (pruned) + Lightning bundled for high end mobile phones bitcoin
Fundamentally Bitcoin nodes need to do a lot of signature verification which is where most of the energy and compute goes. Bandwidth and network stability are the other concerns that make mobile devices less ideal. Lightning is an easier lift so perhaps the best combo is Bitcoin node on a computer and a lightning node on a phone which connects to it. That being said of you don't mind those issues then go for it but do expect any magic bullets to the signature verification cost.
I wonder if the 5G Ultra wide band will address the bandwidth issues?
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You don't need a lot of bandwidth to run bitcoin core, aside from when you initially download the blocks. For bitcoin on-device, I'm far more concerned about it annihilating your battery.
At a max of 4MB per block, you're looking at some pretty wimpy bandwidth requirements
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