System Requirements

System Requirements

• Both ARM64 and x86_64 (Intel/AMD) hardware are supported. A 64-bit OS is required.
• DigiNode Tools has built-in support for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 8GB or better is supported. The Raspberry Pi 5 8Gb or better is recommended. (See below for more details.)
• DigiNode Tools also runs on Ubuntu/Debian systems. The latest release of Ubuntu Server 64-bit LTS is recommended. (IMPORTANT: Debian requires sudo to be installed)
• DigiNode has been designed with headless operation in mind - no display, keyboard or mouse are required. (Note: These are not needed at all for Raspberry Pi 4 setup, though may be required during setup for other Linux systems.)
• Raspberry Pi requires access to a computer during the initial setup, to write the operating system onto the SSD.

Memory Requirements

• At least 8GB RAM is strongly recommended. With 8Gb RAM or more, you can safely run a DigiByte Mainnet node, a DigiByte Testnet node and a DigiAsset Node at the same time on the same device.
• With 4Gb RAM, it is technically possible to run a single DigiByte Node ONLY (i.e. No DigiAsset Node and no Dual Node). However, performance will likely be very sluggish, and it will require a large swap file that puts a lot of strain on the SSD. In short, 4Gb is fine for testing, but definitely not recommended for long-term use.
• Less than 4Gb RAM is not supported.
• Regardless of how much memory your device has, it is always sensible to have a swap file. DigiNode Setup will help configure this.

Disk Space Requirements

• As of January 2024, the DigiByte blockchain currently requires just under 50Gb of disk space. At least 128Gb of free disk space is recommended, to allow for future growth. A 256Gb SSD or larger would be a good choice.

Raspberry Pi Requirements

• When using a Raspberry Pi, booting from an SSD rather than microSD is highly recommended. With an 8Gb Pi, it is possible to boot from a microSD card, though this is significantly slower and prone to corruption. Fine for testing, not recommended for long term use.
• With the Raspberry Pi 4 booting from an SSD connected to one of the USB 3 ports is strongly recommended. (See hardware recommendations here.)
• With the Raspberry Pi 5 booting from an NVMe SSD connected via the PCIe port is strongly recommended. This will give you the best performance - it is significantly faster than USB.
• While a Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb is more than adequate to run a full DigiNode, the Raspberry Pi 5 will give you better performance.
• The Raspberry Pi 400 / 500 / Compute Modules have not been tested but should work fine as long as they have 8Gb RAM or more.
• The recommended OS is the latest release of 'Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64-bit'.
• To build your own DigiNode using a Raspberry Pi 4, see here for a list of recommended hardware. Detailed setup instructions are here.

DigiNode is known to work with the following systems:

Please ask in the DigiNode Tools Telegram Group if you have any further questions.