Same here, I didn't find anything relevent about the minimum system requirements, not even a discussion, so I concluded there is no difference in this matter.
And yeah, I'm the guy who has always a problem with Bisq lol. I have 4 gb ram but in reality I have 6 gb. I think there is 2 gb used as like a swap file for Linux.
Intel I5 5200U
[email protected] Ghz It should be enough as a system basically because Bisq is not a software doing millions of computations per second, or a super super heavy video game.
I know using a server for this purpose is not a good security practice and I have listed the risks. Considering that I don't store funds, unless a person in control of the server clicks to confirm a transaction, releases the collateral and transfers it to his wallet.
So I'm only risking the collateral. Knowing that I don't do big transactions... I try to weigh the pros and cons but I don't see something else 'dangerous'...
Is your machine a desktop? If so, I have a pair of 4GB RAM sticks (8GB total,) that should work with your chipset. They are Micron MT8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1, if you care to confirm. I don't need any money for them. If you wish to remain discreet, I'll send them to MJ and you'll have to pay shipping to your location.
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off-topic, but how that comes above CPU @ 2.20 is linking to mailto:
[email protected] Not sure what this is about, something you're seeing in the bios, or a CLI report? I don't see anything like that from my
lshw or
lscpu reports.
Are you trying to run Bisq on a headless server? What for? Can you interact with it on the command-line? I was actually wondering about that the other day...
I think he's talking about renting remote hardware or a cloud server to install an OS with a GUI dedicated to running Bisq. Again, it's not something I would recommend from a security and privacy perspective, and I doubt it would be cost effective over time.
Bisq uses between 1.5 and 2GB of memory on my machine, so 4-6GB should suffice. Operating systems also have swap in case you fill your actual RAM completely. So that's not really a reason for software not to start at all, but heavy swap usage would be slower and degrade your SSD over time.
Yeah, swap space sholdn't be counted as part of your RAM capacity, it's for "emergency" use only as far as prioritizing processes. And SATA is no where near as fast as DDR3 RAM, so there's that.