Bitcoin full node and query server

Oct 19, 2024

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evoskuil03:35
I just completed my first sync on a new $365 Windows mini PC (32 GB RAM, 16 dual cores). It slightly outperformed my big machine (256 GB, 32 dual cores) at 61 minutes to block 840k. And it's capable of AVX512 and SHA-NI, which will make it even faster once those are compiled in. I don't see any reason to work toward lesser machine support given that this is so cheap, and will continue to drop in price.
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evoskuil13:14
Each mini thread is 62% faster than big machine threads, so 40% of the big machine processing power. The mini makes up for the difference by a much higher utilization (close to 100% vs big at around 35%). That nicely shows the implementation scaling.