[taolegal]

You can't host the actual entire ethereum blockchain from the beginning of time for less than $500 on your own hardware.

[eterps]

I wasn't aware of that, do you happen to know the actual cost?

[taolegal]

apparently it cost roughly $10k/year for an archive node back in 2020:

https://tjayrush.medium.com/building-your-own-ethereum-archi...

the point is that bitcoin has intentionally restricted block size to not expand the blockchain size at a prohibitive rate

[eterps]

Thanks, that is good to know.

I was always under the impression that a Raspberry Pi would suffice: https://mobile.twitter.com/mathMakesArt/status/1562159337900...