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Strive's Bitcoin Treasury Crosses 15,000 BTC After $33.9 Million Purchase
OS/umbrel on a SATA disk is possible for bitax farms.
Late Grandpa’s old HDD with Bitcoin on it from 2010. How to recover?
Help with old wallet.dat recovery? Second post on this, I have done as much research as I can in the last 24 hours and am looking for advice and help again.
Found old hard drive that possibly (hopefully!!) was from my 2014 miner - but it's pretty jacked up. Any advice is much appreciated!
Found old hard drive that possibly (hopefully!!) was from my 2014 miner - but it's pretty jacked up. Any advice is much appreciated!
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You can easily run a full bitcoin node (not to be confused with a miner) using a raspberry pi and a 1TB SSD with Umbrel software
You can easily run a full bitcoin node (not to be confused with a miner) using a raspberry pi and a 1TB SSD with Umbrel software
I just set up my first bitcoin node using Umbrel. If you can afford a raspberry pi with a 16GB+ microSD, USB to SATA cable, and a 1TB SSD, you can set one up yourself. All you have to do is follow the raspberry pi assembly manual and a 6 min YouTube tutorial on setting up Umbrel. AMA
I just set up my first bitcoin node using Umbrel. If you can afford a raspberry pi with a 16GB+ microSD, USB to SATA cable, and a 1TB SSD, you can set one up yourself. All you have to do is follow the raspberry pi assembly manual and a 6 min YouTube tutorial on setting up Umbrel. AMA
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SATA is doing great, but Microstrategy's STRC has been worse than a shitcoin.
STRC, SATA and now BMNP. These dividend paying instruments are going to be huge.
Open a Charles Schwab account. They have free ATM withdrawals and reimburse fees by the issurer. When I have extra money I buy STRC or SATA. There is nothing wrong with buying Bitcoin, if you are willing to sustain losses for years. STRC & SATA have risk but pay 11.5 -13% if that's too risky look into SWVXX.
SATA is a variable rate, BMNP is is fixed. BTC is a non-productive asset, ETH is staked and can pay for dividends forever.
SATA is daily dividend paying preferred equity from today. 13% pa.
SATA coming with daily dividend payments from June 13th. Effectively a 13.88% pa yield. Gonna be interesting. Hard to ignore that sort of cashflow even for capital that is wary of risk. I mean - even a day in and out gets you dividend. This is why time daily dividend move gives a huge boost to liquidity.
Remember the chain STRC->MSTR. MSTR has 55 billion or so and they hold 5% of bitcoin and a lot more if you consider only the float. Any sales from them will have a huge price impact and also imagine the signaling aspect of it. From there you go into leveraged assets, ETFs, 401k etc. Strive is using STRC dividends to further payout their SATA dividends etc.
That was last week when they were buying at prices $10k higher than this pre the strategy sale dip that you said was so they could buy at these cheap prices. We already spoke about this? Imagine flexing a buy they’ve already lost $25M on in a week. You really don’t understand what’s going on do you. I actually feel kinda bad. What money are they going to use to buy the dip that their mate Saylor created for them? They can’t use SATA, did you not look at the price?
[Strategy’s Michael Saylor called Strive’s SATA preferred shares “the most interesting story in Bitcoin right now,” on Friday.](https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/strives-bitcoin-backed-strategys-saylor-calls-interesting-story-in-bitcoin-right-now/cZgPOmFReY9)
Don't care. I'm not religious. I prefer dynamic thinking that adjust to real world circumstance over strict adherence to an unchanging doctrine. Bitcoin Trust ETF's like "IBIT" didn't exist in the past. MSTR used to be the only way investors could hold BTC in a brokerage account. That world is gone. The market has changed. Most Brokerages allow crypto purchases. Multiple Bitcoin Trust ETF's exist. The old rule book for MSTR and other Treasury Co.'s doesn't fit the modern market. Diluting shareholders and taking on convertible debt because you sell at a premium to NAV ain't going to work anymore. Issuing preferred equity to raise capital for BTC is a better strategy anyway. It creates a digital credit market with yielding equity assets to be used by financial firms, insurers, credit funds, retail traders, ETF's, etc... These are large pools of capital that can use money instruments like STRC, STRD, SATA, STRF, etc.. The money those pools exchange can be used by MSTR to buy BTC. Increasing BTC demand and, thus, increasing demand.
From Jun 16th, SATA is paying a daily dividend equivalent to 13.5% pa. Whatever one says about these instruments, a daily dividend is bound to attract a lot of attention. Something to be said about, getting some cash yield for any short holding period. For this reason, STRC too will likely move to twice monthly dividends. Trigger for crypto market recovery?
I'm pretty sure success for SATA means greater success for MSTR. If digital credit products like this succeed in raising capital for BTC purchases then demand for BTC will rise and the price of BTC will go with that demand. MSTR holds more BTC so they capture more of that price appreciation. Also, STRC is attempting to switch to a bi-monthly dividend. It's up for a vote.
Strive SATA is going to make news in 2 weeks for becoming the first daily dividend company in the world. I think they have a good chance of succeeding, and SATA has been trading close to par. In comparison, STRC looks weak at the moment. Microstrategy has a much bigger bank and a longer history, but dumping the reserves has spooked out the more conservative investors who prefer dividend stocks like STRC.
Unless the plan was to make the market panic so that they could load up on more BTC before the next bull run. The market for MSTR's credit instruments is massive. SATA is another comparable preferred instrument from a much smaller BTC treasury company (STRIVE). It has raised nearly $200 Million in one month on it's new preferred offering. Strategy has raised $6 Billion on it's preferred so far. People keep asking what the next catalyst will be. These credit instruments are the next catalyst.
Strategy isn't the only game in town. Strive just bought 2624 bitcoin last Friday. STRC and SATA(Strive) are starting to appeal pension investment companies more than government bonds. While they hold more risk, a small allocation ~5% doesn't massively increase the overall risk exposure of the pension investment company, but it will bring down the risk in bitcoin. I believe this will kick start the next run; more treasury competition, more demand from pension investment companies.
What exactly do you mean with arbitrage? Short STRC and long SATA?
STRC seems to be most profitable right after the ex-div. I'm not looking at $100. I'm actually looking for how far above or below the expected saw-tooth pattern STRC and SATA are. If it's close, then it's not worth the effort, but if there's a big deviation, then it's worth switching.
I'm looking at 50% extra gains for switching vs 15-20% tax reduction for LTCG. Still better to switch. SATA is particular is hitting $100 two whole weeks before ex-div. That's so ridiculous.
It's on track to reach $100 before the next ex-div date. Honestly, I think reaching $100 too early is a sign that STRC buyers are too stupid to properly arbitrage between STRC and SATA. If either hits $100 too early, it's more profitable to switch to the other until the ex-div date.
It has been common that $STRC only reaches par around the last month before ex dividend date. However, they half the frequency so we should see a faster reach of par - with less days of trading at par. Comparing to $SATA, I agree that an increase of dividend would probably reach par and ATM better than obligations are pressing.
STRC looks promising, as does SATA. Huge chunks of bitcoin have already been bought with the capital raised to date, and dividends have been paid consistently so far.
SATA and STRC are better yielding digital credit.
Grow relative to what what? The dollar? Stables depreciate just as the dollar they are pegged to. Yield you recieve will not outrun the printer. If your looking for principle protection and higher than debasement yield within the bitcoin ecosystem have a look at STRC or SATA.
Don’t forget SATA via STRIVE just announced daily dividends…
Let alone, Iran may be selling all it's Oil and the tariffs for Bitcoin, $STRC growing exponentially after people have seen it accomplish a years worth of dividend yield payouts, is eating up the remaining BTC monthly, then we have $STRC's competitor, $SATA who is using the same playbook but giving higher dividends to stay competitive, then we have $BUCK, who is buying more $STRC to yield interest on a stablecoin! The interesting part of Bitcoin is that we get to witness a new financial era be created in front of us using an asset so scarce that it's never been seen before in society. This started as an experiment and now turning into the cleansing of the Tradition Finance system. The Bitcoin supply shock is around the corner, are you positioned for it?
Not really my ‘tism is more process-oriented than emotionally-oriented. We’re in the Information Age, any process can be learned, opportunities abound and are expanding. First step to solving a problem is admitting you have one, but people that see their situation as not having enough of the problem (I.e., fiat) are not existing in the same paradigm as I am. My paradigm is that non-cash assets are going to be worth more than cash. The dollar lost $0.21 in purchasing power in just the last 5 years. The only goal for me js sustainably stacking of as much BTC or directly BTC-backed financial products as possible. Between STRC and SATA there is a nice rhythm to optimize cash flow, what can’t be reinvested directly to compound goes to buying more bitcoin in my broker. My DCA is from digital mining, there’s better tax-free options I’ve become aware of like abundant mines, which is the next goal. If I start an LLC, I can buy miners from them and because it’s tangible property I can take a full tax write off. They start at like $6k so my first $6k of bitcoin-taxed earnings would essentially be bought by the government. Yeah, Saylor is buying Bitcoin, I should be - but I’m just as susceptible to inflation as anyone else and want to cover all my bases so I’m just building it out with solid foundations. I have a reddit-assigned username, but zero actual training in economics aside from a community college business degree from forever ago. It took time, wanting to learn, YouTube, and humility to see it was my problem for not learning the systems I survive in.
1. Learn to DCA not trade. Take $1k, split it into parts eg 10 parts, and invest once a week for 10 weeks to get into the habit. 2. Take the other $1k and immediately buy $STRC and $SATA so that every month you have another $100 or so to buy more Bitcoin.
50% BTC Cold Storage 50% SATA Preferred Stock (12.75% Annual Interest - BTC treasury Company). Stock price tries to stay pegged to $100.
tldr; Strive added 317 BTC in Q1 2026, bringing its total holdings to 13,627.9 BTC valued at $948M, entering the top 10 public Bitcoin holders. Despite a Q4 2025 GAAP net loss of $393.6M due to unrealized crypto losses, the company continues Bitcoin accumulation and invested $50M in Strategy Inc. preferred stock. CEO Matthew Cole emphasized digital credit solutions via SATA tokens for stability and yield. Strive raised $257.6M through capital markets to fund Bitcoin purchases and manage debt, while analysts monitor its financial strategy and market volatility. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
SATA and STRC. Its not really crypto tho
Why not hold STRC or SATA for monthly dividend? Is HYSA better in comparison?
If I had 30k drop in my lap I'd do STRC 70% and SATA for 30% Regular cash flow from dividends then I can funnel that into a continued purchase.
Depends on your desire. I like Bitcoin-related strategies that support the ecosystem, so would further break it down by the following subcategories: Short-term life spending = Cash / USD stablecoin Long-term savings = Bitcoin / IBIT. Get actual BTC if you have self-sovereignty interests. Income = STRC or SATA or some Bitcoin-related preferred equity with dividends Investment = MSTR or other Bitcoin treasury companies
Does this mean for cash inflows, Strive currently only relies on sales of SATA?
Checking out SATA now, thanks!
Look up SATA the preferred equity by strive or some of microstrategys preferred stocks. Basically you buy this stock it pays you over 10% annually on all your money you put in which you can sell any time they will then buy bitcoin with the funds you put into the preferred to hold on their balance sheet. Gives you more back than a savings account or bonds or GIC'S ETC. Its basically taking the risk off betting on bitcoin away from the average buyer by keeping the preferred trading in a tight range. If you are genuinely curious please check it out.
>7200 rpm SATA drive Don't do this, mate. It's gonna take really long time to download and write the whole blockchain. This is from someone running a node on IDE disk. It took weeks.
Thanks. What if it's a SATA drive over USB3?
p.s. worth checking after removal that the drive is SATA, older drives were IDE.
OK, take the HDD out of the computer, get a cheap SATA/USB cable (from amazon or elsewhere) and then attach the drive to another computer. Then try to access the drive directly, this 'should' work. [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wowfast-Adapter-Compatible-Windows-Support/dp/B0F53GS7H9/](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wowfast-Adapter-Compatible-Windows-Support/dp/B0F53GS7H9/) You will likely need a powered one in its a 3.5" PC drive, as above. Best of luck.
1. Buy a IDE/SATA ISN hdd reader on ebay 2. Connect the disk 3. Boot up windows 4. Your drive should be visable as an external hdd 5. Right click on disk and quick format. 6. You have an additional 224 GB of storage. You are welcome
At first use a USB dockingstation for SATA-HDD and locking for Data.
SATA cable, and pray to god you know the password for it
I tried it on a Raspberry Pi 4 and it was painfully slow. That was just bitcoin core by itself. If you plan on running all that extra software on it, be prepared for a laggy interface. I also had an issue where the SATA to USB adapter knocked out the USB ports, even though I pasted heatsinks all over the chips on the board. I run Umbrel with Bitcoin core, Electrs, Mempool, NGINX proxy server, Pi-Hole DNS, all on an old HP Elitedesk mini PC. It will randomly spike to 25% cpu when doing something, but idles around 5-6%. Another thing to keep in mind, these PCs have variable speed fans, so they're quiet when idling. The Raspberry Pi 4 I bought didn't have a variable speed fan, so it was loud all the time. Something to keep in mind. Some info about my setup. I bought an HP Elitedesk 800 G3 on ebay with Core i5-6500 (3.2Ghz 4 core), 8GB RAM, no disk or power supply for $50. I added extra 8GB RAM ($15), new power supply ($12), and a cooling fan ($14), total cost was less than $100. I already had a 2TB Sata SSD laying around. Still under $200 if you need to purchase a disk drive. After realizing that Umbrel runs on x86 systems, I've completely abandoned Raspberry Pi as a platform for bitcoin nodes. There's better and cheaper options out there, unless you already have a Pi laying around that you want to repurpose.
Hmm you need a SATA connector which usually goes onto a motherboard so im unsure if you can do that with a laptop. There may be adaptors for that purpose
I still have .1 Bitcoin on a hard drive from those days, buying shit for the buzz of getting it through the post.It's not even SATA it's ancient.
So if I have the words, I’m all good? My HDDs are IDE and not SATA so I need to find a way to access the desktop. The old computer is missing a lot of parts 😅 I had something called RAMBUS RDram and those are not sold anymore.
Im assuming a old SATA (serial ata) hard drive? You may need to use a linux os to mount it, then image it, or at a minimum mount it read only just to search through it?
Thanks man! I’m trying to boot up the hardrive at the moment. I think it’s a little difficult . I have a IDE / SATA cable but it’s not powering energy up to either of them?
A mac is not that great, but we’ll make it work. Find a SATA or IDE to USB adapter based on whatever kind of drive it is, and connect it. If it was NTFS (windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11), it should automatically detect the drive. Then search for “wallet.dat” in the drive, let the search run. Is it a HDD? It’s possible it could have degraded, in which case head over to r/datarecovery. DO NOT MENTION BITCOIN. Delete this post. Mention instead that you have some “important files” that you would like to recover, and the files are with extension “json” and “dat”. Do NOT mention crypto. Do not let anyone take control. Do not answer random PMs except from ranked members like moderators who took your prior permission.
they have SATA and M.2 ports for however much storage you want
Yeah the adapter I have while a few years old it does SATA/IDE at USB 2 speeds.
The disks look like they still use SATA, op may not need an adapter if they have a desktop, just pop the case (may need to unplug something not in use first). A cheap usb adapter will work on the smaller drives. The larger drives may need a powered one. Everything else is spot on.
Do it with a laptop & a "3.5 inch SATA TO USB" adapter. Don't take it to a shop. This is the easiest way to create backups. Chances are the disks are fine & haven't been plugged in since you last used them... & like others are saying don't copy the whole disk just find your wallet file. The client will be an outdated version, not sure if it will be able to auto update or what if you run it straight from the drive it's installed on -> or where you copy it to. I guess search for your wallet.dat as per [Yycfitness](https://www.reddit.com/user/Yycfitness1/)1's post in the appdata/roaming folder copy it over & load it up in the current btc client
Copy & paste each disk in it's entirety to like a 2-4tb drive. Do it with a laptop & a "3.5 inch SATA TO USB" adapter. Don't take it to a shop. Everyone else is retarded, this is the easiest way to create backups. But chances are the disks are fine & haven't been plugged in since you last used them... From there, hopefully you can find your keys backed up somewhere. The client will be an outdated version, not sure if it will be able to auto update or what if you run it straight from the drive it's installed on -> or where you copy it to. I guess search for your wallet.dat as per [Yycfitness](https://www.reddit.com/user/Yycfitness1/)1's post in the appdata/roaming folder
Is there a recovery/safety advantage to using USB adapters for disks? My first instinct would be to mount them in the box for maximum SATA speed and minimal middleware fuckery.
These hard drives appear to be SATA based drives. Given the age of them and the potential worth of any funds on them, it’s crucial that you take a copy first and only work from the copies. On Amazon, you’ll be able to purchase a hard drive cloner with a source and destination slot. Get one of these and purchase 4 x drives, bigger than the original. Better to go larger than exact. If you go exact there could be some small size variations that could hinder this. Any SATA drive will be fine, ssd’s are cheap these days. Be extra careful on the slots for source and destination and make sure you clone the devices in the correct destination. After you’ve done so, put the originals somewhere safe. The cloning units, work independently but they also act as a usb hub to a computer if connected with the ish cable, therefore, once you’ve cloned you can connect the clone to your computer. Ensure your system is offline, no internet. If you need anything, use a usb key to go back and forth, for example, to transfer a copy of electrum. If you hit gold, don’t connect that system to the internet… get yourself a recognised hardware wallet like a Trezor. Set it up, use a passphrase, make multiple copies of the seed, test the recovery of the wallet thoroughly with every backup. Store the seed in different locations. Back to the offline computer, in electrum, create a transaction sending the funds to the new wallet, save the transaction to your usb drive. From another computer, you can then inspect the transaction, make sure it’s as expected and that the target address is as you’d expect. If all is good, broadcast it and enjoy! (There’s many sites that will allow you to broadcast the transaction, copy, paste, submit). Ignore all DM’s, questions should be in public. Good luck.
So it's a 50/50 split of it being either win 7 or win 8 with like 90 % of that split being win 7. The biggest problem and fear I have about it though, is I think the drive malfunctioned and I couldn't boot from it anymore. But was able to grab some data through hooking it up as secondary drive. And it has now been probably 10 years since it's been touched, with the last 4 in a storage unit.. and in a box with a mix of about 12 SATA and ide drives. All unlabeled.. So, if I am able to find what I need through all that, I. Fairly certain I never encrypted it. And had only used one of like 3 or 4 passwords for most things... All I can do is get.to looking I guess, but at least I know what to look for. Thank you!
So a hot wallet would be something like Metamask, trust wallet, phantom wallet, etc, definitely sounds like you were running an old school style wallet that would have that wallet.dat file stored in that app data folder. If that SATA drive was never formatted and is indeed the hard drive you were running windows on when you were using this wallet then the file you need should be there, but it's probably located in one of 2 places C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin - if you were running windows vista or later C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Bitcoin - if you were running windows XP or earlier. The only file you would need is the wallet.dat file. I would make a few copies, then install the wallet software on your computer, launch it, close it, go into that file path on your computer and paste in a copy of that wallet.dat file. Then when you start the wallet software again you should be able to see balances and transactions as you sync with the Blockchain. One issue you might run into is remembering the password you encrypted the wallet with when you first set it up. If you never encrypted it consider doing so after getting it restored. If you did encrypt it there are ways to brute force it but hopefully you don't need to go that route.
A windows or a hot wallet? I honestly don't know the difference. But I'm guessing it was windows. I THINK anyways. I remember installing a program to use as a wallet. I am about 117.63% certain that the drive it is on now is now the one it was on before when it was in an actual wallet, as I only bought this external m.2 in Nov last year.. I am pretty sure I do have the old sata drive it was on though. And I did just get a USB to SATA hookup to go through my old drives. So I'll give those areas a.look ad I go through them. If they still work. The utc, I think that's just a time ode thing in the filename. Uni Time Codes. Or whatever. We with the date there. I will definitely look into that file though. Thanks !
There hasn't been any changes since the rebrand. It's a really simple setup. Space Acres super basic GUI or command line. There's no GPU plotting and you need to have your plots on SSDs for read performance. SATA is fine, don't need NVME. I have a 7950x and I could plot about 1TB a day with it. Mostly interested in how well testnet translates to the mainnet airdrop which is supposed to happen this quarter I believe. Every now and then I check the discord and I see them talking about internal DApp testing so I'm hopeful the VM for smart contract execution is closer to mainnet launch than I think I last looked at Spacemesh early next year so like a year and half from mainnet to VM launch. Feel like such time before smart contracts and DApps are available after the chain goes mainnet is a big misstep to getting users onboard It's a marketing (functionally meaningless) rebrand, but in terms of being mindful of the importance of marketing in getting user traction for a chain, doing a clout chasing rebrand is a positive to me. The rebrand is playing to speculative buyers so maybe they have the funding and the mind to prioritize having the basic DApps, DEX and lending applications, lined up for not long after mainnet Not sure what I'd like long term though between Spacemesh and Autonomys. If I get a better graphics card for plotting I'd consider getting back into it. I still have a good amount of spinning disk drive space but I do like Subspace rebranding to Autonomys - though that name and Subspace do not Google well unless you add crypto to it - and like that smart contract execution doesn't seem like it'll be so far away
No bud. Just no. Below are the Network & Hardware reqs for a rpc node. Source: https://docs.solanalabs.com/de/operations/requirements Networking: Internet service should be at least 1GBbit/s symmetric, commercial. 10GBit/s preferred. Hardware Recommendations The hardware recommendations below are provided as a guide. Operators are encouraged to do their own performance testing. CPU 12 cores / 24 threads, or more 2.8GHz base clock speed, or faster SHA extensions instruction support AMD Gen 3 or newer Intel Ice Lake or newer AVX2 instruction support (to use official release binaries, self-compile otherwise) Support for AVX512f is helpful RAM 256GB or more Error Correction Code (ECC) memory is suggested Motherboard with 512GB capacity suggested Disk PCIe Gen3 x4 NVME SSD, or better Accounts: 500GB, or larger. High TBW (Total Bytes Written) Ledger: 1TB or larger. High TBW suggested OS: (Optional) 500GB, or larger. SATA OK The OS may be installed on the ledger disk, though testing has shown better performance with the ledger on its own disk Accounts and ledger can be stored on the same disk, however due to high IOPS, this is not recommended The Samsung 970 and 980 Pro series SSDs are popular with the validator community GPUs Not necessary at this time Operators in the validator community do no use GPUs currently RPC Node Recommendations The hardware recommendations above should be considered bare minimums if the validator is intended to be employed as an RPC node. To provide full functionality and improved reliability, the following adjustments should be made. CPU 16 cores / 32 threads, or more RAM 512 GB or more if account-index is used Disk Consider a larger ledger disk if longer transaction history is required Accounts and ledger should not be stored on the same disk
Source: https://docs.solanalabs.com/de/operations/requirements Hardware Recommendations The hardware recommendations below are provided as a guide. Operators are encouraged to do their own performance testing. CPU 12 cores / 24 threads, or more 2.8GHz base clock speed, or faster SHA extensions instruction support AMD Gen 3 or newer Intel Ice Lake or newer AVX2 instruction support (to use official release binaries, self-compile otherwise) Support for AVX512f is helpful RAM 256GB or more Error Correction Code (ECC) memory is suggested Motherboard with 512GB capacity suggested Disk PCIe Gen3 x4 NVME SSD, or better Accounts: 500GB, or larger. High TBW (Total Bytes Written) Ledger: 1TB or larger. High TBW suggested OS: (Optional) 500GB, or larger. SATA OK The OS may be installed on the ledger disk, though testing has shown better performance with the ledger on its own disk Accounts and ledger can be stored on the same disk, however due to high IOPS, this is not recommended The Samsung 970 and 980 Pro series SSDs are popular with the validator community GPUs Not necessary at this time Operators in the validator community do no use GPUs currently RPC Node Recommendations The hardware recommendations above should be considered bare minimums if the validator is intended to be employed as an RPC node. To provide full functionality and improved reliability, the following adjustments should be made. CPU 16 cores / 32 threads, or more RAM 512 GB or more if account-index is used Disk Consider a larger ledger disk if longer transaction history is required Accounts and ledger should not be stored on the same disk
You can use a cheap HDD ibstead of thumb drives and SD card. A SATA/USB3 adapter does the trick. Unbuntu 22 & Raspberry 4 can boot from HDD. I have a second HDD for daily backups of the blockchain data.
You could just add a battery to the Pis power supply and also just plug in your mouse/keyboard and screen to the Pi if there were any problems and you are unable to use SSH. OPs question was if a Pi 4 has enough hardware capacity in order to operate as BTC full node, not if there is some alternative. Idk what would be good about a Laptop standing around running 24/7 when it's not intended for permanent operation, in opposite to a Pi, which is small, has low energy consumption and noise emission and is built for 24/7 operation. If the Pis hardware is capable of running a full node. What connectivity out of the box? Most laptops wifi cards aren't even supported by most Linux distros and you have to install drivers and stuff manually or get an ehternet to usb adapter opposed to the Pis own raspbian distro made specifically for the Pi and it's onboard wifi capabilities. The only weak spot of the Pi is the micro SD Card used as main harddive but you could just get a USB to SATA or M.2 adapter, put an SSD into it and plug it into the Pis USB instead of the micro SD and you get a system cheaper, smaller and just as reliable as an old laptop that can be easily put in a small space where it doesn't disturb you.
Find the hard drive, plug it into an internal -> external HDD adaptor (most are SATA) browse the drive and look for a wallet.dat file (Make a copy of this just in case). Once you have that, download bitcoin core and replace the default one with the one you found.
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, I don't even have access to the drive yet. Buying a dongle tomorrow to see if i can't get the data from the SATA SSD onto a regular hard drive. Not sure what his seed phrase was or if its laying around somewhere. My guess is its probably not.
SSD is not a hard drive, by definition. SATA is an interface. Wifi and PSU irrelevant also. Get to a point where you can read data from SSD. There are USB enclosures or dongles for that. Or add it to existing PC. If can't read the drive you got nowhere to go at the moment.
I don't even know how to get that far. I basically know that he was mining and I have a Sata ssd (the hard drive with the prongs sticking out) and a wi-fi card, power supply and thats about it. Can I plug these into another setup and find out what is on the SATA?
You could also create a bootable USB drive for this purpose. Probably easier than using a SATA SSD
Not sure if you have spare SSDs laying around and are sharing a desktop computer you can easily open up but you can install Ubuntu on a SSD and whenever you need to do crypto stuff plug it in and boot from it. Have a SATA cable coming through the case that you can plug into easily. Install ledger, any wallets, and any thing you might need for your crypto environment and when you're done shutdown and unplug. You can even encrypt using luks so you need a password to access. If you don't have a SSD lying around you can get one that meets the minimum requirements for like $20-$30. I know ledger works well in this setup and can't speak for trezor. You might have to deal with a very common USB issue with Linux and Ledger but it's on Ledgers Linux guide online how to fix.
Yeah ya plug it in and the light comes on in the charger but nothing on the computer side. Tried an external screen but yeah didn't work. I reckon you're on to something cause the keyboard was dusty as fuck so Id hate to see the inside. I think I'll go the SATA cable and clone hard drive route if the clean up doesn't work.
Node specs for those interested : * Board: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8GB RAM * PSU: Official Raspberry Pi 4 Power Supply * Case: Argon ONE M.2 Aluminum Case * Storage: 2TB SSD M.2 SATA, 32GB microSDHC * OS: Umbrel
I recommend a 2tb SATA 2.5 SSD hard drive for 24/7 node running. It’s not as fast as NVMe, but you won’t need to worry about it overheating. Don’t forget the adapter.
Only other physical thing you’d need is a large enough drive for the blockchain. I’m using an internal m.2 SATA ssd, NOT m.2 nvme.
Yes i really recommend doing that on Ubuntu server using the ext4 file system on your SSD using a SATA connection You can copy bitcoin core from github with the git command and don’t forget to set datadir=/to/your/ssd/ in the bitcoin.conf file I’ll post a guide below
Do you recommend SATA external SSD to avoid overheating? Or does the NBMe work ok too?
>“The council has told Mr. Howells multiple times that excavation is not possible under our environmental permit, and that work of that nature would have a huge negative environmental impact on the surrounding area.” So there you have it. Under their current permit, they can't allow him to do that. He wants to tear the dump apart but it's not possible. I'm not even sure a hard drive (probably SATA) would even be usable now.
A SFF or NUC PC is a good option here as well. Power draw ramps with load, but at idle I've seen low wattage within 50% of a desktop 25-35w. So 15w or less. Might actually be cheaper to setup than a Pi with an AC adapter and active cooling. USB 3.0 and dedicated gigabit ethernet as well as SATA and maybe NVMe storage built in. Ultimately I would work backwards from the power draw cost ( kWh) and decide what to budget for monthly.
But this is what people want "be your own bank" "self-custody is important" etc. etc. the guy fucked up. I think he should move on now. Even if he finds that hard drive assuming it's a glass disk-based standard SATA drive it's probably pulverized into powder after years of sitting in terrible conditions and impossible to recover anything from it.
Depending on the age of the wallet software(if it’s outdated or not) and the drive being encrypted or not, you could remove the HDD/SSD from the laptop, and use a USB to SATA to open it another computer.
Up to 6 weeks on a SATA drive, give or take
That SSD might not work. it says SATA not NVMe. You might need a m.2 drive with SATA interface. But that might also be the listing being shitty.
You don't need an SSD and an SD card. A HDD is sufficient. Get a USB-SATA adapter and you can boot from HDD. My Raspi node consumes about 5W, electricity cost should not be an issue for you. Instead of a Raspi you can also use an old laptop.
For sure. Actually you could use a mini desktop case and plug your m2 ssd (only SATA, no NVME) into the SSD shield. So you’ll get an all in one device and it looks pretty btw. Check out Michael Klements on YouTube. This guy is a guru when it comes to self made cases. It’s insane :D
Crypto people can be more tech savy. Hell run Ubuntu llive after adding disk to SATA. find / | grep wallet,.dat If paranoid and lots of disk space then. dd if=/dev/sdaX of=/mnt/dumpground/findwallet.img mount loop bacck to /mnt/checkwallet cd /mnt/checkwallet find / | grep wallet.dat I'm a garbage picker always do that on new hardware. Laugh all you want, each college move out days tons of computers fully intact left out., Recovered Litecoin, blackcoin, mintcoin from unencrypted wallets. Then As an IT engineer re-purposed the hardware like the borg into my collective cluster for MPI test. I mostly roll VPS for real needs now adays but I cant stop garbargage dump. In college I was learning MPI in 1998 when others didnt have real hardware. 2022 I live modest, found a dumpster dive that was nore memory and CPU than main. Plus one-two slave drives.
Well, that’s a normal 2,5" HDD, you can get a USB to SATA Adapter from eBay to see what’s on there. Once you have it attached with that to your PC or Laptop, it‘s like a normal USB drive.
> severe global shortage of Pis And the main reason for buying one is the low price, but the shortage has caused the retail price to more than double Yes, you can run Bitcoin Core on a Pi3 with 1GB RAM, but you probably can't run the QT GUI, only the terminal based bitcoind. Core uses 300MB pretty constantly during day-to-day operation. There used to be tutorials for 1GB node operators advising them to reduce dbcache from default (450MB) to 60MB With a Pi3 or only 1GB or 2GB or RAM, you're going to wait weeks for the node to initialize, more weeks for a Pi3 than a Pi4. It is less painful to run the initialization on a desktop PC and then transfer the files Pi3 won't initialize a node which has a HDD connected to its USB2 port, but day-to-day operation is no problem That's the main reason for recommending Pi4 - it has a USB3 port. Also, a node with SSD will initialize faster than a HDD. And also again, for day-to-day operation, a HDD is perfect. Ignore anybody who tells you a SSD is essential for a Bitcoin node But remember an external HDD connected through USB2 will fail to complete the node initialization, on any computer, Pi3 or desktop or server Alternative to Raspberry Pi https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4/ These are well-priced, cheaper than current Pi prices. Also, the HC-4 has a native SATA port (other odroids have a USB-SATA bridge on the board). This eliminates the USB slowdown which causes the problem mentioned above Probably not suitable for Linux noobs, but most of the "run a node on a Pi" tutorials would fit an odroid, after you've got Linux installed first
Not true. I set up my node up with a Pi and I first used a ordinary SSD and it took several weeks to go to 90% sync. I then bought a WD Blue SN550 NVMe 1TB and it took 3.5 hours to sync. Standard SSD slow down with writing massively once they reach 200/250 GB capacity. I also bought this enclosure - SSK Aluminum M.2 to USB NVMe SATA SSD on Amazon.
> So is the mechanical hard-drive just not a great idea in your opinion? Correct, spinners have much higher latency compared to SSD's when making read/write requests, simply by their nature of being a physical mechanical device. (Takes the read head time to bounce around all over the platters.) Bitcoin utilizes *a lot* of read/write cycles, so SSD's excel here as they don't suffer from any of those delays really. > So is the mechanical hard-drive just not a great idea in your opinion? Yep, go SSD if you have the means. > And are you saying, that if I were to pick up a SSD I could close Core, copy the database over, and then it will finish this reindex on the new SSD? Yes, but just to nail it down specifically: 1. Close Bitcoin 2. Copy Bitcoin db folder to new drive, wherever you'd like. 3. Delete ***or*** rename the original folder after it's done copying. 4. Re-open Bitcoin Core. It will prompt you if you want to create a new wallet or point it to an existing folder. 5. Select new location, and let-er-rip. > Did you run the SSD via USB3, or was it internal? I did it over USB3 at the time. Internal SATA SSD would have been faster, internal NVMe would have been fastest. Godspeed!
Take the drive out and get one of those SATA to USB cables. You’ll be able to recover the files that way if its not the hard drive that is the problem.
They also sell SATA USB cables on Amazon for like $6
What you want is called a 'SATA cable.' You're welcome.
OP doesn't even need an enclosure. Something [like this](https://www.amazon.sg/StarTech-SATA-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84) SATA to USB adapter will do.
No need to waste time and money in getting the laptop fixed. Just get the hard drive out and use a SATA-to-USB adapter to connect it to your current PC and see if it's readable.