SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad
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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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• Subscribe to the podcast)

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