I'm gauging interest in a new idea, and wondering what pricepoint people would be happy putting into something like this?
The basic idea would be a router that runs a full bitcoin node (maybe even a localized electrum node). Easy to configure web interface, some usb ports if you wanted to plug in a miner, plug & play configuration.
General rundown of router hardware:
1Ghz processor
2-4gb ram
at least 60gb msata card (abitily to have sata ssd for more space)
3 GB ethernet ports
optional wifi
usb
Software:
Openwrt w/ an interface to see how your node is doing, graph / chart goodness for router stats.
Pricing:
Was thinking ~$300 for base model w/o wifi ; with a few upgrade options (4gb ram; bigger msata; internal hard drive (for storing junk / torrenting / running mesh network)
I could probably get the pricing lower, just would need to have enough interest to build out enough boards.
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Let me know what you guys think, and any other options that you would be interested in. This is a project that I could have up and running within the next few weeks if the interest was there, and most likely have routers availiable to buy within the next month to month & 1/2.