Nostr Web Client

Is it eating up that amount of money in hardware and electricity cost and time spent on maintenance (which has value, too), though?

Derek Ross 1y ago

About $3 a month according to Google. Hardware was $100.

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Girino Vey! 1y ago

nice. Any tips on how to set up one? What software to use, what kind of hardware, etc?

Raymon 1y ago

Use umbrel on raspberry with a 2TB USB SSD.

Derek Ross 1y ago

I used Umbrel for 2.5+ years. It worked great. It's a solid product. I switched to a home grown solution because I wanted a little more freedom to run different apps.

Raymon 1y ago

Me too, even compiled the BTC core and lnd myself - don't trust, verify 🙂 (if you can)

Derek Ross 1y ago

same, same, same.

Girino Vey! 1y ago

Is it too i/o intensive? can i use a NAS via NFS? Using NFS seems stabler than using external USB disks in raspberry pi.

Raymon 1y ago

Just the initial load of the Blockchain, it's about 600 GB. Later it's just ln gossip and about a block every 10 minutes 🌞

Girino Vey! 1y ago

I could do the initial load in better hardware, then just transfer it to the NAS and configure the r-pi to point to it. might work... Is the full blockchain needed? can't i use the feature where bitcoind keeps only the last few blocks? (forgot the name of the feature)

Raymon 1y ago

yes that works, I've also copied the Blockchain around several times. Not sure about the "partial BC" feature, it's not recommended cause you can't verify completely.

Raymon 1y ago

It's stable with external power supply at the SSD