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zzwensel11 (OP)
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August 26, 2017, 05:58:11 PM |
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I find myself staking more and more coins on my laptop (within a virtual machine environment). I am using this laptop for other stuff and don't want to have it running 24hrs a day. I therefore considering to move my staking wallets to something else. Preferably a low powered machine with a windows setup that is always online.
I am really wondering: does anybody use a dedicated safe and low energy consuming setup for 24 hour per day staking purposes? I know some use raspberry pi, but not all crypto's support this.
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August 27, 2017, 12:09:54 AM |
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I find myself staking more and more coins on my laptop (within a virtual machine environment). I am using this laptop for other stuff and don't want to have it running 24hrs a day. I therefore considering to move my staking wallets to something else. Preferably a low powered machine with a windows setup that is always online.
I am really wondering: does anybody use a dedicated safe and low energy consuming setup for 24 hour per day staking purposes? I know some use raspberry pi, but not all crypto's support this.
Just buy a simple desktop. Go for medium specks. Desktop has many advantages like easy to troubleshoot during hardware failure. |
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zzwensel11 (OP)
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August 27, 2017, 09:44:11 AM |
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Mmm, I am considering to dig up my old desktop and greenify it a bit to save energy. The trick is to get it's energy footprint down and make it quiet. Maybe get that old noisy fan replaced. Take the fast GPU out and go back to motherboard components. There are plenty of websites with how to's. Any specific tips for PoS machine maybe?
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August 27, 2017, 10:04:29 AM |
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I bought a cheap notebook for 200€ on ebay. Makes your life that much easier. It's a small investment but at least it's easy to set up and if you're serious about crypto it's probably the best way. A VPS would work as well but they cost more and I don't trust them with my coins ;
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Rosam
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August 27, 2017, 01:32:16 PM |
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There is always the possibility of getting a second hand desktop pc, run it with a linux distribution without the screen, and also take a look at coins that will allow a form of skating that does not imply downloading the whole chain and letting the wallet open (you can sort of stake with waves with a lite wallet that does not need to be open). Cost is minimal, impact as well, return is not extraordinary but at least you don't need to run a pc permanently just to earn a few coins
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zzwensel11 (OP)
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August 29, 2017, 07:03:08 AM |
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I also prefer a linux-setup to be honoust. Since windows 10, my windows systems have the annoying habit of restarting randomly and/or unannounced to do a bit of updating... not very handy if you are trying to stake 24/7.
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August 29, 2017, 12:35:58 PM |
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I have the exact same question. I do think a Linux based setup will be most ideal, but I do wonder if anyone has thought of the most efficient hardware setup. I'm thinking somewhere near a netbook sort of energy efficient setup will be the best.
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zzwensel11 (OP)
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August 29, 2017, 08:15:07 PM |
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I do not have personal experience with netbooks, but that could actually be interesting. These things are out of fashion and a few years old so probably available and cheap. Only concern is if you can get a hold on a netbook that can run a safe windows copy (win10). Otherwise, linux would be a good option.
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Rosam
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August 30, 2017, 03:40:38 AM |
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At the moment in Europe you can get new notebooks with Windows10 at just under 200 euros, (small screen low Ram etc) enough to run a linux based distribution. Though of Rasp. Pi too, anyone has tried using them for skating ?
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zzwensel11 (OP)
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August 30, 2017, 06:51:29 AM |
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I have two pi's lying around and have been looking at staking on a pi, but it can only be done with a few coins unfortunately. It would be ideal however to have a pi running a few staking wallets 24/7.
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Rosam
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August 30, 2017, 07:32:03 AM |
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Do you know of any list of coins that you can skate using Pis? I know you are supposed to be able to do it with hyper stake and G3N but could not find an updated list on the forum or with google, and looking at coins one by one might take a little while
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leslie4u
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August 30, 2017, 07:40:37 AM |
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I would agree with some of the other folks that staking on a low end machine is much better than going for some h/w that may be difficult to troubleshoot like those tiny little Raspberry Pi 3. Yes they cost like $35 and are most energy efficient however do note that if something goes wrong, you should be in a position to fix it without any hassles. Do note that most of these Pi3 devices do not run on Windows and not all POS wallets have Pi3 version of their wallet. You are better off with a low end Windows machine, just my 2cents.
Thanks and have a nice day.
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