Running a Bitcoin node on an iMac? 🖥️ \ stacker news ~bitcoin

192 sats \ 6 comments \ @cristaiji 18 May bitcoin_beginners

I’m on a budget and I’m looking to buy an older computer and run Bitcoin Core.

You can get 1TB HDD and 16GB RAM for around £300 and not have to buy a monitor. Not bad!

Have any of you done this on a Mac?

I’m asking because I read somewhere that on some versions of the OS Apple might block users downloading and installing bitcoin core however I can’t remember where I saw this annoyingly. Cheers. 🙏

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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @ChrisS 18 May

The cheapest most cost effective way I have found to run a node is to do it on a small form factor computer like a dell optiplex 9020. They have them on pcliquidations.com for around $140 right now. Sometimes they are cheaper. You might also consider getting a 2tb drive so it lasts longer as the blockchain increases in size.

You can run Bitcoin core on a Mac but sometimes you get a message blocking you from opening applications from an “unknown developer”. You can override this message in system preferences.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cristaiji OP 18 May

Thanks.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 18 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cristaiji OP 18 May

Thanks.

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 18 May

Great choice!