Topic: Raspberry Pi computer and Bitcoin (Read 2784 times)
Sounds pretty cool.
could it be used with FPGA miners?
kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
I think so. The whole setup could even be powered by solar power kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
That would be very cool!could it be used with FPGA miners?
kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
I think so. The whole setup could even be powered by solar power kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
That would be very cool! 
could it be used with FPGA miners?
kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
kind of monitoring them and making sure they're not idling
that would be a killer combination (power consumption point of view)
Only during blockchain download/verification, right? for me, it's sitting at 0% cpu utilization.
Also on transaction propagation. A dedicated node will maintain tens of connections to the other nodes (my own btcnode.novit.ro has ~150 connections all the time, I've seen as high as 400). At that point, this becomes an issue for a small device like the Pi. I'm not saying it's not doable, but someone running a dedicated node might want to use a different platform and use the Pi for something else. 
Unfortunately, parsing the blockchain is resource intensive - both CPU and I/O. Neither of these are the strong points for Raspberry Pi. However, a thin client like Electrum and a touchscreen (or 5-7 inch LCD + a small numeric keyboard) would make it a very nice POS solution.
Only during blockchain download/verification, right? for me, it's sitting at 0% cpu utilization. Since it has such a low power consumption and is essentially able to run quietly in the background, it could run bitcoind and act as a full node in the network. That would benefit everyone.
Unfortunately, parsing the blockchain is resource intensive - both CPU and I/O. Neither of these are the strong points for Raspberry Pi. However, a thin client like Electrum and a touchscreen (or 5-7 inch LCD + a small numeric keyboard) would make it a very nice POS solution.
Since it has such a low power consumption and is essentially able to run quietly in the background, it could run bitcoind and act as a full node in the network. That would benefit everyone.
Gary Rowe and I were discussing recently what Bitcoin software you could run on a Raspberry Pi computer:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
The Model B has:
+ 700 MHz ARM system on a chip
+ 256 MB ram
+ 2 x USB
+ Ethernet
+ WiFi
+ SD card socket
+ Linux
+ Cost = $35
We think we could run MultiBit with a Java runtime on the SD card.
Or a complete copy of the MultiBitMerchant software we are writing (with DynDNS entry settings.). They would not necessarily run quickly, but we think they would run.
Have a think as to whether your software would run on it and post if you think it would!
:-)
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
The Model B has:
+ 700 MHz ARM system on a chip
+ 256 MB ram
+ 2 x USB
+ Ethernet
+ WiFi
+ SD card socket
+ Linux
+ Cost = $35
We think we could run MultiBit with a Java runtime on the SD card.
Or a complete copy of the MultiBitMerchant software we are writing (with DynDNS entry settings.). They would not necessarily run quickly, but we think they would run.
Have a think as to whether your software would run on it and post if you think it would!
:-)
Jump to: