Babe boot up, Raspberrypi just dropped their 16GB Pi5, for less than the price of a Cold Card! If your poor PI4 has seen better days, this might be an affordable upgrade for your node.
Honestly don'...
I switched to a beelink mini PC a few months ago from a Pi 4. Was having some performance issues and got sick of ARM. No problems since. Many vendor options for NUC/miniPC.
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