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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @Butterfinger 22 Oct \ on: is my old laptop good enough to run a lightweight node? bitcoin
I would run on a rpi4 or odroid m1 arm SBC, this laptop could be used to monitor the node just try installing debian on it and you will see how faster it is than windows.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Remember 22 Oct
I am curious. Why does a pi make a better node than an old laptop?
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Butterfinger 22 Oct
It's my bias, I just like arm SBC, the advantages are that they consume much less energy, are very small especially those with ssd m2 support like odroids.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Remember 22 Oct
That makes sense. I am off-grid so low power usage is a big deal.
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Butterfinger 22 Oct
Also if we start thinking in terms of sats spent on energy, with the energy use of a laptop or nuc pc, one can build a node with a rpi4 or odroid that consumes like 2-6 watts and add a bitaxe for the extra eenergy to earn more sats. It may not make sense for a first world person, but in africa and other poor regions where energy is scarce it may.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Remember 22 Oct
I love capturing as much energy as possible. I am all solar so if I don't use it, it gets wasted. So every little bit matters to me. What is a bitaxe?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Butterfinger 22 Oct
Oh my friend, are you ready to fall in love? https://bitaxe.org/
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