README.md

EthoProtocol-Node-on-Libre-Computer

Run your own EthoProtocol Gateway Node for $70 -- 1/3 the price of a Pi!

Libre Roc 4 Gig $59

https://www.amazon.com/Libre-Computer-ROC-RK3328-CC-Renegade-Ethernet/dp/B078RT6H8X?linkCode=sl1&tag=loverpi05-20&linkId=18e88dea68d9624c8cf77b55a9ec685a&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&th=1

Download Ubuntu Image

Index: https://distro.libre.computer/ci/ubuntu/22.04/

Latest Server Edition File (12NOV22): https://distro.libre.computer/ci/ubuntu/22.04/ubuntu-22.04.1-preinstalled-server-arm64%2Broc-rk3328-cc.img.xz

Extract

Flash Image onto microsd card (they recommend not using Belenda but seems to work fine)

Default login: ubuntu

Default password: ubuntu

You will be immediately prompted to change the password, then you will login again as user "ubuntu" with your new password.

Update & Upgrade

Adduser "ether1node" Adduser "ether1node" to sudo

Reboot and login as user "ether1node" and run this command line:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ether1Project/EthoProtocol-Raspberry-Pi-Node/main/preprocess.sh
chmod u+x preprocess.sh
sudo su -c ./preprocess.sh

Reboot, login as user ether1node again

Login to https://nodes.ethoprotocol.com

Select your node type and provide wallet address, take the auto generated script and run on the Roc.

DONE.

Check out the IO performance of the Libre ROC vs the Pi

Next is the CPU, the Pi wins but since nodes are IO heavy the ROC is a better choice...