user31336: I'm thinking about running a bitcoind full node to help out the bitcoin network.
Would it be feasible to run a full node through one of the new macbooks?
(12", 250GB HD, 8GB RAM, 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor)
thanks!

user11253: It's certainly possible. I used to run a full bitcoind node on a 5 year old MacBook Air. I stopped (and moved it to a larger machine) because the size of the blockchain database was becoming annoying - it's currently 52 GB and always gets bigger. If you can spare the space, there's no problem with actually doing it.

user31581: You sure can. The trickiest part is the initial download of the full blockchain. It will take about ~4 days. It might be 52Gb but doing a Get Info will show 64Gb. You've got heaps of space though.
Hopefully you've seen: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-yosemite-1010x and you'll want to enable incoming connections: https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#enabling-connections
Then you should see yourself on this map here: https://bitnodes.21.co/#join-the-network once you're up and running.

31336: <p>I'm thinking about running a bitcoind full node to help out the bitcoin network.</p>

<p>Would it be feasible to run a full node through one of the new macbooks?</p>

<p>(12", 250GB HD, 8GB RAM, 1.1 GHz Intel Core M processor)</p>

<p>thanks!</p>
 11253: <p>It's certainly possible. I used to run a full bitcoind node on a 5 year old MacBook Air. I stopped (and moved it to a larger machine) because the size of the blockchain database was becoming annoying - it's <a href="https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size" rel="nofollow">currently 52 GB</a> and always gets bigger. If you can spare the space, there's no problem with actually doing it.</p>
 31581: <p>You sure can. The trickiest part is the initial download of the full blockchain. It will take about ~4 days. It might be 52Gb but doing a Get Info will show 64Gb. You've got heaps of space though.</p>

<p>Hopefully you've seen: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-yosemite-1010x" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#mac-os-x-yosemite-1010x</a> and you'll want to enable incoming connections: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#enabling-connections" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#enabling-connections</a></p>

<p>Then you should see yourself on this map here: <a href="https://bitnodes.21.co/#join-the-network" rel="nofollow">https://bitnodes.21.co/#join-the-network</a> once you're up and running.</p>
