Bitcoin full node and query server

Aug 20, 2025

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Lukas11:14
Hi! From the old messages in this channel I concluded that Libbitcoin node runs considerably slower on Linux than on Windows. Is this conclusion/assumption valid, or has anything changed in this regard?
3 replies · neillm, Kevin Ravensberg, eynhaender · last Aug 21, 2025
neillm14:09
Not that I know of, but I haven't run any benches in a while. I have some beefy hardware running Linux, but don't have bandwidth for the fast sync times others are seeing. I would think it's not considerably slower in any case 🤷‍♂️
Kevin Ravensberg08:02
Depends on the hardware acceleration on the machine.
eynhaender15:23
I did a couple of tests during the last few weeks and it is as you say. Stock Windows is faster than stock Ubuntu on the same machine. Tests lead to different assumptions but we are focusing on 2 areas, memory management and disk access (my fav).
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