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Continuing my attempt at an "easy mode" bitcoin node build on a used Lenovo laptop (~$120?).

Installing Ubuntu Desktop 22.04.3 LTS was smooth. Installing Umbrel via their bash script was easy once the Docker registry server was back online.

PROBLEM: Umbrel apps wouldn't install via the web UI. Had to free up port 53 for some reason.

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/07/ubuntu-how-to-free-up-port-53-used-by.html

Okay, now we're finally cooking!

Will let it do a full IBD just to see what this CPU (Intel Core i3-10110U) is capable of. It's overkill for our needs, while still being a 4-yr-old cpu and still quite cheap. Came with 16GB RAM and I swapped in an okay 2TB nvme.

That's 4.6x more powerful than a Raspi4. IBD started about 5 minutes ago. We'll see how long it takes to finish.

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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 2y ago

RPI noobs in shambles reading this

Sats paa BTC 2y ago

Did you try with start9OS as well?

DaddyJones 2y ago

Nice 👍 🫡

kyle 2y ago

I did the same in January from raspiblitz to start9 on an old Thinkpad and never looked back 🤙

Keith Mukai 2y ago

I like that the reported percent progress is... total transactions(?)... and not just counting blocks.

Even though I'm at roughly the halfway point according to block height, the bulk of the IBD syncing time happens in the more recent years' worth of block data. So only being at 15% thus far sounds spot-on.

Keith Mukai 2y ago

A little over 12hrs in, done in another 4-5 hrs?

J. Thaddeus Toad 2y ago

Been looking to do something similar but curious why umbrel over start9 or just running bitcoin core direct? Can you do dual internal drives for RAID protection? Especially if you want to do some lighting channels.

cryptowolf 2y ago

I have been running almost exactly the same setup recently but instead of Ubuntu I used Trisquel GNU/Linux

I now migrated from using the ThinkPad to a fanless, steel encased, miniPC also with Trisquel. Even with only 8GB Ram, I have lots to spare despite having 5 awesome bitcoin apps running on Umbrel.