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  <p>Will a bitcoin lightning node run on a raspberry pi zero?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This probably depends on what you are doing on the node, how much traffic it gets, etc. I have one running on a Raspberry Pi 3B with basically no traffic and its currently utilizing virtually no CPU and 0.8% memory.</p>

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  <p>Does it have to have the full Bitcoin blockchain synced or can it
  connect to a remote node?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No, it can connect to a remote node. For example, see <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#getting-started" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#getting-started</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Also what are the minimum requirements to get a lightning node up?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I would recommend setting up C-Lighting, it currently works on Linux, and the dependencies are listed in the <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#installation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Installation</a> section. You also need to fund a channel in order to be able to do any transactions.</p>

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What is C lightning and compared to what other alternative lightning?
Patoshi パトシ
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It is one implementation of the lightning Network, specifically written in c. There is also one written in go: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd. Lightning Network isn't part of Bitcoin core, so these projects conform to the LN standards here: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc
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<p>Will a bitcoin lightning node run on a raspberry pi zero? Does it have to have the full Bitcoin blockchain synced or can it connect to a remote node? Also what are the minimum requirements to get a lightning node up?</p>

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Can you run a bitcoin lightning node on a raspberry pi zero?
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# Can you run a bitcoin lightning node on a raspberry pi zero?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-21)

Will a bitcoin lightning node run on a raspberry pi zero? Does it have to have the full Bitcoin blockchain synced or can it connect to a remote node? Also what are the minimum requirements to get a lightning node up?

**Tags:** lightning-network, nodes, raspberry-pi, lightning-network-daemon


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-21. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

> Will a bitcoin lightning node run on a raspberry pi zero?

This probably depends on what you are doing on the node, how much traffic it gets, etc. I have one running on a Raspberry Pi 3B with basically no traffic and its currently utilizing virtually no CPU and 0.8% memory.

> Does it have to have the full Bitcoin blockchain synced or can it
> connect to a remote node?

No, it can connect to a remote node. For example, see <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#getting-started>.

> Also what are the minimum requirements to get a lightning node up?

I would recommend setting up C-Lighting, it currently works on Linux, and the dependencies are listed in the [Installation](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#installation) section. You also need to fund a channel in order to be able to do any transactions.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: What is C lightning and compared to what other alternative lightning?  
> **username_1**: It is one implementation of the lightning Network, specifically written in c. There is also one written in go: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd. Lightning Network isn't part of Bitcoin core, so these projects conform to the LN standards here: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc  

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