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Title: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on May 27, 2015, 02:42:36 PM
Bitnodes Hardware

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/static/img/products/bitnodes-hardware-model-b1-front.jpg

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/hardware/


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: heslo on May 28, 2015, 04:32:05 AM
This is a great looking bit of kit! I've already got an RPi2 however and it's running a node. I'd love to know if someone could do a similar setup on the RPi, especially with the screen and such.

If I hadn't bought an RPi2 recently, I'd be all over this!


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: doof on May 28, 2015, 04:35:16 AM
Awesome!


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: doof on May 28, 2015, 04:39:23 AM
I give up on my project now :(


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: takagari on May 29, 2015, 11:45:23 PM
If you added a "screen saver" that was a current BTC price ticker, along with high/low and volume, for selected exchange and currency.

This this would be 10 times more awesome!


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: olliec420 on May 30, 2015, 02:00:49 AM
i must have this, when does it ship?


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: achow101 on May 30, 2015, 03:50:50 AM
I would get this but 168 USD!!!!?? I could build a cheaper one with a raspberry pi and it would work just as well.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: DiamondCardz on May 30, 2015, 09:02:23 AM
Definitely seems nice with the dashboard and the nice display, but I can get a quad-core 900MHz processor over this quad-core 600MHz processor as well as the same 1GB SDRAM from a Raspberry Pi 2 for only $35. You're paying a lot for aesthetics there...I guess for people who aren't too fussed about saving cash and want something that's much easier to setup this is good, though.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: disclosure on May 30, 2015, 09:46:29 AM
Definitely seems nice with the dashboard and the nice display, but I can get a quad-core 900MHz processor over this quad-core 600MHz processor as well as the same 1GB SDRAM from a Raspberry Pi 2 for only $35. You're paying a lot for aesthetics there...I guess for people who aren't too fussed about saving cash and want something that's much easier to setup this is good, though.

The ODROID-C1 base board is priced at $35 as well. You are not paying anything for aesthetics for Bitnodes Hardware as most of the cost goes to the 8GB eMMC and 64GB microSD.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: DiamondCardz on May 30, 2015, 10:01:22 AM
Definitely seems nice with the dashboard and the nice display, but I can get a quad-core 900MHz processor over this quad-core 600MHz processor as well as the same 1GB SDRAM from a Raspberry Pi 2 for only $35. You're paying a lot for aesthetics there...I guess for people who aren't too fussed about saving cash and want something that's much easier to setup this is good, though.

The ODROID-C1 base board is priced at $35 as well. You are not paying anything for aesthetics for Bitnodes Hardware as most of the cost goes to the 8GB eMMC and 64GB microSD.

I see. I don't know about the cost of the eMMC, I can pick up a 64GB microSD for just under £20 though (that comes to around ~$30). I suppose if the eMMC has a similar cost then the price of the thing as a whole is reasonable, because obviously you can't expect the whole thing to cost the same as the cost of the parts used to make it.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: disclosure on May 30, 2015, 10:33:34 AM
i must have this, when does it ship?


I have started to ship since yesterday (Friday AEST). However, due to the current backlog, new orders are now scheduled for dispatch latest by June 22.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: bitspill on May 30, 2015, 11:24:35 AM
I would get this but 168 USD!!!!?? I could build a cheaper one with a raspberry pi and it would work just as well.

There's more to the cost than the hardware alone. The nifty web interface and the code that runs on the board all require a good amount of development time, that isn't free.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: rammy2k2 on May 31, 2015, 08:40:29 AM
Hm, not shipping in my country, that sucks  :-\


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: DiamondCardz on May 31, 2015, 09:42:24 AM
Does anyone know how long one of these would last? Let's assume that conditions are near-perfect and the hardware isn't subjected to any dropping, hitting, extreme heat, etc, and that it's being run continuously. I'm just curious, understandable if no-one is able to give a solid answer to a question like that.


Title: Re: Nice! Bitnodes Hardware - run a full node!
Post by: disclosure on June 02, 2015, 11:00:07 AM
Hm, not shipping in my country, that sucks  :-\

Send me an email and I will check if registered post is available for your country. Registered post requires only signature on delivery without tracking.