So, we can get to having a blurt appliance in two ways.
The first way is faster but it is a bit more expensive for the end user.
https://wiki.radxa.com/RockpiX/hardware/rockpiX
This here rock pi x, is an Intel atom computer in a raspberry Pi format. They cost $75 each and when you added everything together it's probably looking at $200 for a finished product. Finished products would include nice things like a case, a memory card, and simply being ready to plug into the wall and run.
The other choice is of course a raspberry Pi 4, 4GB or 8 GB edition. Total cost on the raspberry looking like $125-175 depending on the model.
The difference is software development.
For the raspberry Pi, I need to make modifications to the FC library, so it can support arm. Today I'm looking into weather I can backport changes from EOS or if I need to do this for the first time ever.
Anyhow, please consider this a poll. Would you like this to get done more quickly and cost a little more money, or would you like this to take a bit more time and cost a little less money?
This would be a welcome development.
Think we can get it done step by step to avoid spending too much!
I already have a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB edition so I lean a bit towards that and am not familiar with how well the other hardware works. It sounds like the difference in hardware cost is not too significant though.
Cost less is more 🙂
I think a Rasperry pi is more accessible. Which regardless of the final finish becomes accessible to anyone. It is also a hardware that is already available worldwide without having the need to go to external providers depending on the country where you are located.
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For a lot of people every penny counts. We should take care for all the people and make the blockchain as inexpencive as possible. You must not do the things fast, but good. We Germans have an old but simple speech: Good things take time. And of course nobody is in any hurry with the Blurt. We all can wait and blog meaningful articles in the meantime until our blockchain is developed. I'm very exited to try your first edition, Jacob. My Raspberry is ready!
It's ready now :D.
if your Pi is running 64-bit Raspian, do like (as the root user)
The image is ready for your raspberry!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5m1Zb0BXL-cg6z8DtI37U2KtG1itSjc1
Oh, and it is CHEAP. I reckon we can put blurt on $50 in hardware. Memory usage is way lower than I expected.
Whooohooo! Thank you! Watch for the presence of a new node near Frankfurt! Is it possible to start a witness already?
Awesome. this is excellent news. Great job
The result exceeds all of my expectations by a very wide margin.
I think that SOS is going to serve its purpose very well indeed.
Figured that I would not have a working product for the blurt image builder, which is now called @megadrive -- until January at the earliest.
But having a native arm environment to do my development work in changed everything and let me work far more effectively.
The time invested in SOS is going to pay off personally I hope for the entire block chain ecosystem. The next chain that will use SOS will actually be Cosmos derived.
days ago I managed to configure a witness node on an Amd E_450 Apu hardware. I still do not do the post. It is unparalleled news that we can access this type of technology with low cost hardware
should be, yes
Do you know the first clip has no picture? For me, there is just sound in "SOS built with docker buildx". But maybe it's a fault on my side. Did you check it?
Here's a picture on my computer but does not when posted to YouTube. I will take that clip down.
Hive's HF24 has managed to reduce usage even more. We should learn from what they did and bring some of those improvements our way. Snapshots is something I'd want for Blurt too. Watched someone bring a hive witness to life in a few hours where most of the time was spent on getting the block_log file.
for me, to get a better and faster tool, we must pay more.
So, quickly and cost a little more money is better to a cheaper one but I must spend more times to wait for.
save money and take some time.
Good article, save money.
I would opt for the longer one.. The slower the better ensuring problems that could still be tackled along the way.
Preferably Raspberry Pi, though I will support the other device to expand my knowledge.
important project does deserve the best at a slight higher cost
The difference in costs is negligible.
It would make no difference to me whether the Raspberry Pi or ROCK Pi X is supported.
Both devices are very reliable and economical with resources.