Quote from: miguelmorales85 on October 29, 2017, 08:42:48 PM

Quote from: J. Cooper on October 29, 2017, 08:22:50 PM

Quote from: Bastime on October 29, 2017, 06:41:36 PM

This is actually new to me about running full node on a computer just to support the Bitcoin community. For what? What are the benefits of running 24/7 that costs power but what in return? I guess big mining companies are doing the same way since they have top of the line hardware.
I wish one day I could get my hands on the work to experience this Bitcoin core personally.

As bitcoin fan pointed out, there's no monetary reward for running a full node. But you do get the chance to not only contribute the system by verifying transactions and you also get the best security if you link your wallet to your node.
I have a question for you bitcoin fan. Do you think buying a bitseed core would be a good purchase? It's online 24/7 by itself and it would save me a lot of hassle keeping a laptop running 24/7.

If I were you I would just buy a Raspberry Pi and configure a Raspnode. In fact, this is what I am doing right now, I also have a Bitcoin Core node on a Pine64.

http://raspnode.com/diyBitcoin.html
good luck

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard you need to be a little bit more technical for a pi but I think I can manage. Purchasing a pi would actually be very convenient since I am in the need for a raspberry pi for something else as well. I'm going to do some digging on both the pi and the bitseed and hopefully purchase whichever fits me best.