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Ideal System Spec To Run Bitcoin Core
by
Slot Kid
on 08/07/2025, 18:22:56 UTC
Hi, I have been running various versions of Bitcoin Core for 10 years. I used to use it as a wallet to store my Bitcoin with passphrase protected wallet.dat but have since begun using cold storage. I still run Bitcoin Core, haven’t upgraded since 0.26.0

It runs fine when it’s open but I was just wondering what’s the ideal system spec these days to comfortably run it 24/7?

It freezes quite a bit when syncing if I ever turn the computer off and have to open it again. It can hang on Starting Network Threads or Done Loading for 10-15 minutes. This didn’t used to happen. This old laptop I use only has 1TB of storage and the blockchain is getting bigger and bigger.

Would the following be sufficient to flawlessly run Bitcoin Core on a new laptop:

 128 GB RAM

 2 TB SSD

 16 Core

Some links or recommendations for different capable laptops would be greatly appreciated, thanks.