Office Hours: How to Run a Bitcoin Node

This office hours is limited to four seats to ensure a high quality experience for attendees. Please confirm your seat by purchasing a ticket here: https://luma.com/cj06v80f

Would you like help setting up your Bitcoin node hardware? Then you've come to the right place! This Tuesday, October 14th, we'll be helping attendees set up and troubleshoot their Bitcoin node. Beginner friendly!

Note: There is no formal lesson plan for this event, it is purely to help attendees set-up hardware they bring in.

Our recommended hardware is one of the following:

1. HP 600 G2 Micro Computer Mini Tower PC ($115)

• This computer strikes the perfect balance between affordability and quality.
• If the above is out of stock, check out the HP EliteDesk Mini Computer 800 G3 ($150)
• Additionally, please purchase a 2TB NVMe SSD which we will install in the class.
• i. NVMe SSD - 2TB ($100)

2. RaspberryPi 4 8GB ($100), with a cooling fan ($6) and 64GB microSD card ($10)

• We only recommend this option if you don’t care about the longevity of your node, but instead only want to buy something to use as a learning tool.

3. Start9 Server One ($620)

• This is a mini computer that already has the open-source software we’ll be teaching installed onto it. It is the absolute easiest, but also most expensive option.
• A good choice if price is no object and the most frictionless set-up experience possible is the goal.

4. Choose your own option

• The previous options were chosen to make your purchase as simple as possible, but there are many hardware options that you can use to run a node! So long as they meet these minimum specifications:
• i. Quad-Core CPU 2.5Ghz+ boost (processing power)
• ii. 16GB+ RAM (temporary storage)
• iii. 2TB+ Storage minimum
• If you would like to research further, there is a community of Node Runners who have outlined a hardware master list of computers capable of running StartOS

If you’ve purchased a ticket to the class, feel free to join our Telegram for any questions you have before attending. Hold Bitcoin, run your own node, and be free!