Plebs have been trained to use a little credit card sized computer for their bitcoin node, but the platform is utterly pathetic in terms of $/performance & reliability.

I see lots of unnecessary pain when rpi lightning nodes fail & force closure fees wipe out +25% of the hot stack.

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ahhh yes… i kinda understand

why hasn’t the technology for a better node that is easily accessible like pi made yet? is it too complicated and costly?

Start9 can be installed on any hardware. I have an old dell micro tower. You can do the same on an old laptop. Popped the image on a USB clicked install. Done.

interesting. i would but abelton already has made my 2012 want to blow up :(

It does need to be a dedicated machine though. I found a refurbished dell micro on Amazon for $75 usd

The ones I’m selling cost $150 with upgrades off eBay. I’ve found hardware sub $50 all in too.