kanaas 3,840 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Was wondering if the latest Pi hardware with its ARMv8 processor could be used as a validator? @nikb ? Link to post Share on other sites
JoelKatz 8,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share 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 Baboly, jag216, tulo and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
tulo 3,114 Posted January 23, 2017 Share 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. Amigo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JoelKatz 8,265 Posted January 24, 2017 Share 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. Amigo, ChavasRegal and KarmaCoverage 3 Link to post Share on other sites
nik 190 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 What would be an above average configuration? Link to post Share on other sites
robthedrop 0 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Is there any new information or experience about it? I find the topic interesting and could imagine running a raspberry PI. Link to post Share on other sites
Ashes 0 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I'm interested in well. Link to post Share on other sites
karstnDE 285 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Same here Link to post Share on other sites
Muellhart 87 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I am tagging this. Got a virgin rasp pi 3 lying around. Link to post Share on other sites
PunishmentOfLuxury 1,559 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 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? Link to post Share on other sites
Amigo 1,562 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 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, ..?). Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,873 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 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. Link to post Share on other sites
BiltongNinja 391 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Sukrim 1,873 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 It can't work unless you are starting a completely new ledger with far fewer accounts and other objects on the ledger. BiltongNinja 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BiltongNinja 391 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I have asked hopefully Wietse will shows his face here Link to post Share on other sites
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