0 sats \ 5 replies \ @DesertDave 10h \ parent \ on: is my old laptop good enough to run a lightweight node? bitcoin
I am curious. Why does a pi make a better node than an old laptop?
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @jddska 10h
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 \ @DesertDave 10h
That makes sense. I am off-grid so low power usage is a big deal.
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @jddska 10h
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 \ @DesertDave 10h
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 \ @jddska 9h
Oh my friend, are you ready to fall in love? https://bitaxe.org/
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