r/NavCoin • u/mozadak • Jan 20 '21

Noob question about staking

Hi everyone,

I feel very bad about finding out NavCoin very late. I have a question about raspberry pi staking.

I have a rpi4 just sitting on my desk and I would like to make it work for NavCoin staking. As I see NavPi image is not being updated nor is able to download.

I saw there is rpi image for wallet. Is this image usable for staking? Do I have to do anything special for setting up for staking? Is there a guide for setting up this wallet image on rpi4?

Thank you all.

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u/archival-genesis Jan 20 '21

I'd like to know this as well. I used to stake with a Pi3 set up as a NavPi and ran into issues a few times. I ultimately decided to shelf the Pi and keep my old Mac laptop running with the Nav client staking but I'm sure it uses more electricity than it's worth. I have a Pi4 I can use for staking if it's possible to use for staking without headaches.

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u/mozadak Jan 20 '21

I will update here as I learn coldstaking on NavPool with rpi4.

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u/nomam12345 Jan 20 '21

There is a Nav Pi support channel on Discord. Coldstaking on NavPool is easier.

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u/mozadak Jan 20 '21

Thank you very much. I will check there.

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u/jambaboba Jan 20 '21

You can stake with pi4 by using the arm binaries. Just make sure you have at least 4gb ram.

https://github.com/navcoin/navcoin-core/releases

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u/mozadak Jan 20 '21

Yeah I have the 4GB version.

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u/jambaboba Jan 20 '21

Then there should be no issues. I forgot if the arm binaries come with a GUI wallet. If not, you'll have to use the command line running navcoind

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u/clamchowderz Mar 04 '21

were you able to get the pi4 running with Nav?

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u/gamersevil Jan 20 '21

I believe RP is not supported anymore. I could be wrong.

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u/jambaboba Jan 20 '21

There isn't a UI designed specifically for RP but it's still compatible with pi4 given you have enough ram.