kanaas 3,107 Posted January 23, 2017 Was wondering if the latest Pi hardware with its ARMv8 processor could be used as a validator? @nikb ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoelKatz 7,615 Posted January 23, 2017 It should work if it can run 64-bit code. RAM might be an issue, as might its generally slow I/O. I had it working a while ago on a 2GB Pine A64+ board, which can be had for around $30 https://www.pine64.org/?product=pine-a64-board-2gb 6 Baboly, jag216, KarmaCoverage and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tulo 2,779 Posted January 23, 2017 6 hours ago, JoelKatz said: It should work if it can run 64-bit code. RAM might be an issue, as might its generally slow I/O. I had it working a while ago on a 2GB Pine A64+ board, which can be had for around $30 https://www.pine64.org/?product=pine-a64-board-2gb Any modification to run on ARM? If it was an easy setup I'll do that. 1 Amigo reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoelKatz 7,615 Posted January 24, 2017 This was a long time ago. If I get a chance, I'll fire it up again and see if it still works on the latest code. 3 Amigo, ChavasRegal and KarmaCoverage reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nik 190 Posted January 24, 2017 What would be an above average configuration? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robthedrop 0 Posted February 11 Is there any new information or experience about it? I find the topic interesting and could imagine running a raspberry PI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muellhart 53 Posted February 11 I am tagging this. Got a virgin rasp pi 3 lying around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PunishmentOfLuxury 1,239 Posted February 12 I'm pretty sure @nikb said on Twitter that the Pi 3 is too underpowered to run a validator. Maybe it could run a non-validating node? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amigo 1,544 Posted February 12 On 23-1-2017 at 7:54 PM, tulo said: Any modification to run on ARM? If it was an easy setup I'll do that. I really like the trend of the community setting up more validators and running my own validator is definately on my list, both as a nice tech exercise as to help out making the xrpl even more decentralised. What I'm still trying to find out if it is really necessary or of benefit for the network (as Ripple has a program for it for 2018 to get solid and trusted external parties to take part anyway). If it is benefitial for the network, we should definately do so, and especially spread them as much as possible (different countries, hosters, etc.) to make it even more robust towards attacks. And I'm still looking what it could bring me (not financial(!), just some cool geek stuff what I could do with it like a nice interface showing the amount of transactions that I helped to validate, ..?). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,270 Posted February 12 11 hours ago, PunishmentOfLuxury said: I'm pretty sure @nikb said on Twitter that the Pi 3 is too underpowered to run a validator. Maybe it could run a non-validating node? There's no difference between a validating and a non-validating node other than that the non-validating one doesn't tell others what it thinks the next ledger would look like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiltongNinja 391 Posted February 12 You could ask @WietseWind on twitter as he has done a "how to" on setting up a validator on a server and might know if the Pi 3 would work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,270 Posted February 12 It can't work unless you are starting a completely new ledger with far fewer accounts and other objects on the ledger. 1 BiltongNinja reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiltongNinja 391 Posted February 12 I have asked hopefully Wietse will shows his face here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
