Topic: Installing a Full Node under Linux - page 2. (Read 332 times)
Hi LoyceV and thanks for your feedback and suggestion. Can you explain more detailled please, what exactly is the issue when running bitcoincd on a usual SATA (magnetic) disk vs. SSD ? Is access time crucial for bitcoind ? I could install and run it on another host I have, it's an Intel NUC with 16GB of RAM and 512GB NVMe disk but then I'd need to use prune=262144 for limiting the disk space to about 256GB for bitcoin-core.
I have an older SBC with ARMv7 CPU @ 1GHz and 2GB RAM with 1TB SATA hard disk (no SSD) which should be sufficient for the first steps
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In the course of this I would also like to get rid of the following question: what is the minimum hardware requirement you would recommend if I want to add Lightning functionality later on? What is the most important hardware criterion, is it RAM, fast disk access times or the speed or bandwidth of the internet connection?
I can't answer LN-questions from experience, but for Bitcoin Core itself, 2 GB and HDD is going to be slow. I did that years ago on an Atom netbook, and eventually gave up. Any chance you can upgrade the memory, or at least use a (very small) SSD for the chainstate directory? ~
In the course of this I would also like to get rid of the following question: what is the minimum hardware requirement you would recommend if I want to add Lightning functionality later on? What is the most important hardware criterion, is it RAM, fast disk access times or the speed or bandwidth of the internet connection?
So I'll stick with bitcoincore.org and 23.0 version. Thanks!
However, I run into the following important key question right at the start. On https://bitcoin.org/en/download the version "Bitcoin Core 22.0" is offered for download. By chance I just came across the page https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/, where 23.0 is offered. Why the heck are there two different websites, what's the deal and which one is recommended and why?
Bitcoin.org is not the official site for Bitcoin Core releases. Bitcoincore.org is. You can see the differences between these two versions and decide which to install here:In the course of this I would also like to get rid of the following question: what is the minimum hardware requirement you would recommend if I want to add Lightning functionality later on?
C-Lightning is lightweight enough. In my RPi 4 I'm using about 1.5 GB memory, and it works fine. 
I think Internet bandwidth and a fast(ish) ping is the most important for hosting lightning network channels but a lot route through tor anyway (as well as just generally ensuring your device keeps functioning fast - so you're not waiting for seconds of lag for something to install).
Your initial sync will take a long time and I think it should be able to install on 32 bit systems but that might slow it down further - with the smaller number of registers 32 bit offers afaik.
Your initial sync will take a long time and I think it should be able to install on 32 bit systems but that might slow it down further - with the smaller number of registers 32 bit offers afaik.
Hi. In order to better understand various contexts, but also to make a small contribution to the bitcoin community, I would like to install a full node. I have an older SBC with ARMv7 CPU @ 1GHz and 2GB RAM with 1TB SATA hard disk (no SSD) which should be sufficient for the first steps. As far as I read bitcoin core should run on armhf/32bit architecture. The OS used is GNU/Linux Debian 10 (Buster). I want to understand and learn the basics before I reinstall later on a more performant hardware.
However, I run into the following important key question right at the start. On https://bitcoin.org/en/download the version "Bitcoin Core 22.0" is offered for download. By chance I just came across the page https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/, where 23.0 is offered. Why the heck are there two different websites, what's the deal and which one is recommended and why? I would have instinctively used the 23.0 version of bitcoincore.org, but I would still like to know what it is all about.
In the course of this I would also like to get rid of the following question: what is the minimum hardware requirement you would recommend if I want to add Lightning functionality later on? What is the most important hardware criterion, is it RAM, fast disk access times or the speed or bandwidth of the internet connection?
Thanks so far.
citb0in
However, I run into the following important key question right at the start. On https://bitcoin.org/en/download the version "Bitcoin Core 22.0" is offered for download. By chance I just came across the page https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/, where 23.0 is offered. Why the heck are there two different websites, what's the deal and which one is recommended and why? I would have instinctively used the 23.0 version of bitcoincore.org, but I would still like to know what it is all about.
In the course of this I would also like to get rid of the following question: what is the minimum hardware requirement you would recommend if I want to add Lightning functionality later on? What is the most important hardware criterion, is it RAM, fast disk access times or the speed or bandwidth of the internet connection?
Thanks so far.
citb0in
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