Highly Efficient Solar Powered Stake Pool
🌟 About
Hello, my name is WCat. I run a totally off the grid stakepool using solar panels, batteries and Starlink. I am a founding member of the Armada Alliance & spend most of my time helping single stake pool operators run on efficient arm based computers.
Learn how to run cardano-node on a Raspberry Pi 4 & interact with the blockchain or build a stake pool.
I have a post that was retweeted by Charles that I am proud of. I have met so many awesome people, most of which are stake pool operators.
🌟 Durability
Running a block producer from home allows for the greatest level of security & a few tricks for failover. Protected by the latest version of OpenWRT and the Turris Omnia the block producer is protected on a seperate vlan with
it's own 1 Gbps interface connected directly to Starlinks power brick.
Consistant time synchronization with an average max.error of 11ms or less, backup nodes in
sync ready to be swapped incase of a problem.
@ just 14 watts using buck converters right off the battery the powerwall is capable of running the pool for over a week before depletion. We intend to have Starlink in the future for a truly off the grid pool with a third
relay local. Along with continuing to expand upon solar infrastructure.
🌟 Security & Privacy
The Turris Omnia is an amazing router with Knot Resolver providing DNS over TLS (DoT) &
DNSSEC validating 'adamantium.online'.
OpSec
Powerwall Specs
- 11.6 Kwh LiFePo4 batteries(homemade LiIon batteries have been retired.
- Victron MPPT 150|35 charge controller
- Victron Pheonix 12|1200 Pure Sinewave Inverter