You can get more powerful used x86 computers for much cheaper than a raspberry pi. Does anyone still think using a raspberry pi for a node is a good idea?
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That’s not the point
The fact that we could run a node on such crappy hardware kids use in school meant the network could be extremely decentralized.
And raspberry pi used to be cheap. I'm just staying you can still run a node for pretty cheap. Yes, the hardware demands will go up slowly, but it's not the end of decentralization as we know it.