Hi @andrewgenaille Well this is not as easily done as it sounds. If the wallet would directly start at boot time it would maybe stay on through all the computer session. Though it must be said that it is quite impacting on the CPU I got with a i5 3570k 20% cpu work only from that process. So if you want to play a game with high resource needs you need to stop it.
I guess the easiest solution to have 24/7 (and very cheap as well ) is to run it on a raspberry pi. This costs almost no energy and is very cheap to buy and set up.
And yes you're right more nodes online is for sure increasing security !
I haven't run the windows wallet in a while, and I don't remember what my cpu usage for the wallet was. But on my raspberry pi it's usage is sitting around 0.4%. So if the windows wallet uses so much cpu and the linux wallet uses next to none, this leaves me to believe that the gui is what is eating away at the cpu. So if the wallet auto starts in the background (no gui), and the gui only shows when the user requests it, then there wouldn't be any issues?
or perhaps, the wallet is just much better optimized for linux. In which case, the windows wallet should probably get an optimization pass.
No the user must have a specific problem, the Windows GUI wallet uses a tiny amount of CPU on my Windows machine (i7-6700k) around 0-1%, it might use a lot more while syncing the blockchain, but then it will sync faster than a Pi ever could (I havea Pi too).
EDIT: Bear in mind it fluctuates all the time simetimes higher, sometimes lower.
My Windows machine on Gridcoin uses between 0 and 1% most of the time (while staking), you must have a problem with your machine, mine is an i7-6700k, its not 20x more powerful than yours.
No obviously there is something strange will check this on Monday :)
Make sure you arent syncing, and wait ten minutes, when you first start it it uses CPU for a while then settles down, the CPU will boost occasionally (I assume when its confirming a new block) but most of the time its pretty low.
Hi, I have raspberry pi but never used it, actually I even failed to connect it to monitor. May be you or somebody else whom you know can help me to setup Gridcoin mining on Raspberry Pi? I would be able to pay you for this, in GRC, Steem or other cryptocurrency
I can help for sure got 3 pi's running currently, we should meet up somewhere in a chat or so. For instance in the gridcoin slack ? Nice gesture but I don't want no payment having an additional machine crunching is enough reward for me.
Thanks! Firstly I will need to figure out how to connect Raspberry Pi to monitor.. from you experience is it possible to connect to laptop (to setup everything) and then it can run whithout monitor.
Hi @flodner, well the easiest way is to get to a TV or something you can plug a HDMI cable in. This is the native interface that the PI is using and the easiest to setup. getting this connected to a laptop could be diffcult ...