KeithMukai on Nostr: Best option* for running your own bitcoin full node: * Used bare-bones used ThinkPad ...
Best option* for running your own bitcoin full node:
* Used bare-bones used ThinkPad w/8GB RAM
* Replace ssd w/cheap 2TB nvme
* Run it as some flavor of linux
For $220 you have a solid enough machine WITH a screen, a keyboard, and -- super-important -- a BATTERY (y'all underestimate what a power outage can do to your Raspi).
Has enough storage onboard to not have to prune blocks. And enough RAM(?) to run more intense services like a Lightning node.
In other words: @npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf is right!
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*(best guess. I haven't built this combo myself but tempted to)
* Used bare-bones used ThinkPad w/8GB RAM
* Replace ssd w/cheap 2TB nvme
* Run it as some flavor of linux
For $220 you have a solid enough machine WITH a screen, a keyboard, and -- super-important -- a BATTERY (y'all underestimate what a power outage can do to your Raspi).
Has enough storage onboard to not have to prune blocks. And enough RAM(?) to run more intense services like a Lightning node.
In other words: @npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf is right!
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*(best guess. I haven't built this combo myself but tempted to)
![](https://cdn.nostr.build/i/bbad11e847059e16afe095dda29627fe648149609541199b4ea0649716656e9e.png)
![](https://cdn.nostr.build/i/11762ee047877270a92aa61e9d0935b44706265a774cc9c66ba0b709ba1f1a4d.png)