Running A Bitcoin Node On Synology Disk Station Manager
There are plenty of opportunities for users looking to run a full Bitcoin Node. Technological advancements make even the tiniest of hardware powerful enough to read the entire blockchain and process Bitcoin transactions. A recent post on the Bitcoin.com forums shows how one can even run a Bitcoin Node on Synology Disk Station. Needless to say, more Bitcoin nodes are always welcome. Synology Disk Station As a Bitcoin Node. It doesn’t take much to transform existing technology into something that can be used for Bitcoin Node purposes. As long as the device has internet connection....
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