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$135. I assume part of what I paid for was the form factor. It's the OptiPlex Micro, so it's quite small. (OptiPlex. What a stupid name. That's so very "Dell") It's been running now for 48 hours. Almost totally silent,…
Here's what I bought: DELL OptiPlex 5050 Micro. Intel Core i5-7600T, 16 GB DDR4, 256 GB SSD It took forever to ship, but hey, it's here and all is well. It came with a mouse and a pretty decent keyboard, which was a…
It's relatively recent. Older versions of their docs don't have it, but they now have a warning that they're out of date and they link to the version with it.
Start9 says not to use it on a Raspberry Pi for Bitcoin though. From the Start9 online docs:
I definitely don't have serious money. I'm spending every dollar on sats, especially before the halving. I'm leaning toward going with this: DELL OptiPlex 5050 Micro Form Factor (Intel Core i5-7600T, 16 GB DDR4, 256 GB…
Even if it isn't "better," that's my plan. I always keep media and large storage on an external drive. It's so much easier for future upgrades. I already have a spare external 2TB SSD, so a 250 GB internal SSD should be…
I'm looking to set up my own Bitcoin node and a block explorer, using Start9 to simplify the explorer part. Trying to keep costs down since this is just for personal use, and I’m also putting all my extra cash into…
You're absolutely right, that's a valid use for it. I just fear that some folks will use it as a passphrase to secure their Bitcoin, and have it lead to disaster in the future. They're either not going to back up their…
Yeah, I don't go anywhere near that. No way. I know it's deterministic, and that's great, but I prefer using the text from 12 word child seeds as passphrases instead. Imagine trying to write this down, by hand:…
Because that last reply was from another thread... if anyone is interested, here's a quick recap / overview: I. LOVE. BIP85. I first heard about BIP85 a few years ago. As soon as I started testing it, it felt like a…
Moving this BIP85 conversation here, from another thread... Yup! On the Krux github, they've posted a script for doing it, or I'm sure you could just write one (or edit theirs to suit your needs if you have something…