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Ugh. For 2.5 years I've been running an Umbrel node and it's worked fantastically. It does everything I want it to do, at least until now.

It's becoming overly apparent that I need to rebuild a node from scratch to be able to do the things I want to do.

I did this about a year ago. I built an LND node and then a CLN node.

I'll probably go with LND again because I am most familiar with it and it seems to have the largest amount of support out there.

GregAsks 2y ago

If you need stable node software, I recommend start9 (https://start9.com). If you have an old laptop, buy more memory (I have 2 TB NVMe) and install EmbassyOS (https://github.com/Start9Labs/embassy-os). And give donations start9.

Overall, I recommend Start9.

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Derek Ross 2y ago

I installed Start9 on a machine back in December. It's fantastic. I would recommend it for beginners too.

Niko 2y ago

I just got a raspberry pi and been going back and forth between umbrel and start9. I’m a noob when it comes to this stuff. I thought umbrel would be more plug and play sort of thing but I’m starting to think that start9 would be better for me as I get more hands on learning.

Derek Ross 2y ago

they're both really, really good. i like them both for different reasons. if i were to go with a node platform, i'd go with start9.

GregAsks 2y ago

I used MyNode, Raspiblitz, Umbrel on Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi is ok for Bitcoin max LN but if you install something more then problems may start. I bought this computer:

Mini PC HP 800 G2 Tiny i7 16GB

Even the fan does not work loudly when I turn on several applications.

Here you have a comparison of processor power compared to the Raspberry Pi:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/4078vs2614/ARM-Cortex-A72-4-Core-1800-MHz-vs-Intel-i7-6700T

https://dukaan-us.s3.amazonaws.com/6888007/1c22c2a2-c13a-462f-8025-a7f413230110/hp-elitedesk-800-g2-tiny-refurbished-23f12a84-f822-45ed-b3c9-193c81aa48c8.jpg" class="embedded-image" loading="lazy">/be43d434-71ec-4c8c-9669-fcdee0a6c94d.jpg

There's nothing to even compare here. If you want to seriously have a node, buy some decent equipment. As for learning, the Raspberry Pi will do.

I have this equipment with embassyos installed, and I invested in a UPS. This configuration allowed me to run the node from December without any surprises.