If your node ever gets big then that rpi will fail you. Yes with three channels over Tor fine. But now you're constrained, don't have the options to get mich bigger, and you probably overpaid for the rpi relative to abused workstation
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I don’t ever plan on using my node for more than personal use if that makes sense. Not trying to run a lightning node farm to earn fees and such. I just want to verify my own transactions. All in all I think the RPI cost me like 250$ cad? Add a nice case for it, fan, ssd, total cost was about 500$ cad. I bought a fancy custom crypto cloaks case for it though which def made the build more expensive.
I got these 3 computers for $175 on Kijiji, then my dad just got me 2 laptops for free from his work all of which are like 10-50x faster than an RPi
Also, as we put more demands on our nodes (maybe run them also as nostr relays or personal clouds) you get additional benefits when buying a real PC
Anyway your money your choice but to me it doesn't make sense!
