SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad

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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• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
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