I'm thinking about running a bitcoind full node to help out the bitcoin network.
Would it be feasible to run a full node through one of the new macbooks?
(12", 250GB HD, 8GB RAM, 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor)
thanks!
2 Answers
It's certainly possible. I used to run a full bitcoind node on a 5 year old MacBook Air. I stopped (and moved it to a larger machine) because the size of the blockchain database was becoming annoying - it's currently 52 GB and always gets bigger. If you can spare the space, there's no problem with actually doing it.
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thanks! 52GB is a little big for my hard drive! maybe I'll try on another device though. Commented Jan 12, 2016 at 20:12
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Note that there's a pruning option that would limit your hard disk space usage to whatever you configure. Current pruning is a bit crude (and disables wallet functionatlity!), in the next versions it will be much better.– JannesCommented Jan 13, 2016 at 9:47
You sure can. The trickiest part is the initial download of the full blockchain. It will take about ~4 days. It might be 52Gb but doing a Get Info will show 64Gb. You've got heaps of space though.
Hopefully you've seen: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-yosemite-1010x and you'll want to enable incoming connections: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#enabling-connections
Then you should see yourself on this map here: https://bitnodes.21.co/#join-the-network once you're up and running.
