Can I run a full Bitcoin node with only a 5mb/s connection?
2179 sats \ 10 comments \ @DesertDave 5h bitcoin
I am attempting to set up my umbrel Bitcoin node on a raspberry pi 4 with 8 gb ram. I am concerned that my internet connection may be an issue. I am running all this through a hotspot. While my monthly download is unlimited, the bandwidth is limited to about 500kB/s.
Is this enough to keep a Bitcoin node? Will it eat up all the bandwidth. Once it is synced initially, does the bandwidth requirements go down? This is the only connection I use for my wifi and devices at my home. I have tried looking it up online and I see a wide variety of answers. Any guidance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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168 sats \ 0 replies \ @aljaz 2h
if you have inbound open then it can use a decent amount of bandwidth
example from one of my nodes - you can clearly see at what point i opened inbound connections to it: Since then it transfered 2.3TB (23days).
If you will be just syncing from others you should be fine after ibd, but it might make sense to do the ibd somewhere else (ibd - initial block download).
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53 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 5h
I used to run a bitcoin node and noticed that a lot of bandwidth was consumed in a month (1TB iirc). I then realised you can configure bandwidth usage with -maxuploadtarget, see https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#reduce-traffichow
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11 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h
Run a neutrino node instead of a full node and you will be just fine. Here is a guide: #439263
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 5h
And this can run on a pi umbrel setup? And will it work with Alby and stacker once they go non custodial?
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 5h
perfectly fine. A LND node in neutrino mode will not use too much resources like a full core node. And less space too. A RPi with just LND in neutrino mode and Alby Hub will take very few resources. I am strongly suggest to not go with Umbrel crap. Just use plain simple LND install + Alby Hub and you are good to go. KISS = Keep it simply stupid.
What you should be aware is the ping to your neutrino peers. In the Zeus guide I've explained why this matters and what alternatives you have for neutrino peers. You can set any of those peers to connect. https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/getting-started-zeus-wallet-en.html Please read it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @4rge 33m
Dankness, ty
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 5h
Thank you. I'm glad to know this before I get any further in the process.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 5h
I am here to help, remember? And read all my guides first. Will save you a lot of trouble.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 1h
Yes, you definitely can. If you are afraid it will eat all the bandwidth, you can rate limit your node. Also, you can play around with maxuploadtarget and maxconnections settings of bitcoin.conf.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jddska 4h
I used to run a LN node on a 4G modem and limited the speed to 50kb/s because I had limited data, all over tor and used to work quite well.
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