Bitcoin full node and query server
Oct 10, 2024
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evoskuil12:37
It is likely that the default settings will be suboptimal for your machine, even resulting in thrashing. If you post your basic specs I can make suggestions. One of the aspects we are working on is automatically tuning what is presently manual configuration for given platform.
Also note that if your CPU supports sha native (shani), which is about 5x faster individual hashing, it will distort realistic benchmarking, since shani is not yet integrated into the hashing library.
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cguida19:08
Wow, that's a beast! No wonder you are not seeing much issue with the utxoset growing faster than Moore's Law; it will be a long time before it will start having an impact on that. I'm concerned with low-resource machines being able to sync the chain in a reasonable amount of time. The average person cannot afford a computer with 256GB of RAM (or even 32GB).
The canary in the coalmine is the RPi 4B, which used to be able to sync in a reasonable amount of time a couple of years ago, but now takes over a month.
Would it be fair to say that low-resource machines are not a priority for libbitcoin?