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BIT 🐳 ISH · 163w
I've got an old ass i5 2500k (3.30ghz) with 8gb DDR3 running win7pro sp1. I'm sure I can scrounge up a spare 1TB ssd. Is this sufficient to run both a Bitcoin and LN node on the same machine? Do I ne...
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I would boost the RAM or you will be syncing forever ♾️. If you run mynode you can run both a bitcoin and lightning node in the same instance/container.

You could run 2 containers with two separate mynode instances for extra precaution.
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BIT 🐳 ISH · 163w
Sorry if this is a dumb question but... what am I precautioning against by running in separate containers vs same instance? I'll have to check the prices on DDR3 lol. Usually those obsolete architectures end up being more expensive since they're out of production!
BIT 🐳 ISH · 163w
16 gigs of ddr3 is only 70-100k sats