An exploration into running a Bitcoin node on older, not sexy hardware. From 10+ year old laptops to even older SBCs and Android phones (via Termux).

Inspired by the whitepaper quote, that a node doesn't need to be a heavy server and the current RAMpocalypse:

With computer systems typically selling with 2GB of RAM as of 2008, and Moore's Law predicting current growth of 1.2GB per year, storage should not be a problem even if the block headers must be kept in memory