My longtime friend, K3tan rejoins me on the show to chat about various things but importantly, we chat about why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes are bad. We chat:
Reliability & Performance of Raspberry Pi’s vs other options
What you can use instead
Cost
Bitcoin node packages
Electrum server comparison
HDD & SSD requirements
Separating bitcoin from non-bitcoin apps
Self-hosting
Links:
Twitter: @_k3tan
Ministry of Nodes Nodebox guide: Ubuntu Node Box Guide 2022 Edition
Ministry of Nodes Consulting
Article: My Home Lab
Craig Raw’s blog post on electrum server performance
Prior episode: SLP315 k3tan – Networking For Bitcoiners
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Mempool.space
Bitbo
Braiins.com
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
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