Hello people of #nostr. I have an old raspberry pi 3 B+ and I was thinking about making it a #bitcoin node. As I was reading more on the internet I saw that many people were recommending using an old computer instead. What kind of specs would you recommend me?
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Doesn't take much. 8GB ram and 2tb ssd is enough.
I have really basic table pc for my start9 diy server and it works great.
I ran raspiblitz on Raspberry pi 3B+ a few years ago but I found myself petting it more then actually using. There were always some glitches. Probably hardware related then Raspiblitz itself. Today minimal specs for raspiblitz today are rpi4 and above if I'm not mistaken.
What table PC you might ask?. Nothing fancy. The better the greater but be sure you chose a 2TB SSD not a HDD. More ram is always better. I started mine with 8GB but later I updated to 16GB.
If your node will be located where you sleep or need a quiet time, consider upgrading to Noctua fan.
Otherwise you really doesn't neet to spend a lot to get yourself a decent home server like Start9 or Umbrell.
If you don't have a budget, buy a premade server from Start9 or Umbrel. They both offer their home servers. And you support the work they fo by doing so.
Let me say that you don't really need to spend 100+ bucks for 2TB SSD. 2TB is only required for full archive Node. You can use less space if you prune your node. Meaning your Node will still validating new transactions but will not have a full TX history.
Gd
