January 2019
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
11h 17m
English
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Installing a Bitcoin full node
As mentioned, installing a Bitcoin full node is much simpler than setting up a development environment. Bitcoin full nodes are ideal for users who want to be a part of the Bitcoin network but don't want to worry about any of its implementations.
Running a Bitcoin full node has certain hardware requirements. It needs dedicated storage because it has to store all the blocks of the public ledger. At the time of writing, Bitcoin blockchain blocks occupy around 180 GB of storage. A Bitcoin full node also needs a decent amount of memory and processing power in order to validate the transactions of every block. Bitcoin can be installed on Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms quite easily.
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