Anyone here running a Liquid node? \ stacker news ~bitcoin

375 sats \ 9 comments \ @newnym 27 Apr bitcoin

So given the high onchain fee environment, I'm thinking of staking some sats in L-BTC and running a node just to experiment with it, however I'd like to know beforehand how much space does running a liquid node takes and if you need beefier hardware than for running a bitcoin node. Does anyone know?

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 28 Apr

if you run a lightning node already, liquid can help you rebalance the channels with peerswap. pi4 8gb with extra 30gb ssd space is enough. check this: https://github.com/Impa10r/peerswap-web

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter 28 Apr

You will need a desktop computer with at least 4GB of hard disk space available to complete the installation.

https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/900002026026-How-do-I-set-up-a-Liquid-node

32 sats \ 4 replies \ @newnym OP 28 Apr

I tried to find this but apparently my google-fu is not very good :) Thank you for the link. I've installed it on a 12GB 6 core linux container about 2 hours ago. So far it's 38% synced.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @newnym OP 28 Apr

Just to let anyone know, it took just over 6 hours to fully sync the 22GB of data.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 28 Apr

Phew! Shame on me.

It seems, we both were replying in synchronisation.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 28 Apr

That's awesome you've applied 12 GB 6 core Linux. It won't take more than 8 hours.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym OP 28 Apr

Now to figure out an Electrum server implementation for it...

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @benthecarman 28 Apr

it only takes 10-20 gb but it takes longer to sync because of the confidential txs

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @newnym OP 28 Apr

Thanks. Looks like I'll be spinning a Liquid node then.