Hardware Bottlenecks: Are there any obvious weak points in this build for running full node operations and handling data-intensive tasks like blockchain analytics? I'm especially interested in potential memory or storage issues.
The system is fine. If anything, it's overkill. One of my full nodes runs a Dell mini-pc, i5, 32gb of ram, and a 2TB nvme.
For a node, I agree. For blockchain analytics, I'd say the more RAM the better.
@OP: before you do a lot of extra work, have you seen
Bitcoin block data? It includes daily dollar prices.