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Paul Miller
@paulm
Releasing ESPLR - a local ETH block explorer. Big problem of ecosystem is reliance on 3rd party RPCs (infura, alchemy, quicknode). Also reliance on 3rd party explorers (etherscan). They track users: it makes system one big panopticon. Local nodes can make the situation better! PC with an archive node only costs $40/mo or $500 one-time. Esplr only needs RPC URL of an archive node. It can view transactions, account balances and token transfer history (unique feature). https://github.com/paulmillr/esplr
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Blinky Stitt
@flashprofits.eth
$500 archive node? That seems low. My nucs were like $800 and they were not very good archive nodes. A quality tlc nvme drive is $279 by itself. And you really shouldn't be cheap on that most important part of a build. https://a.co/d/hrPUIpd I really do like otterscan though. And I'm curious how this compares.
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Paul Miller
@paulm
Otterscan never supported token transfers or balances. Spec below will so its job. It depends on your needs but it is enough to run esplr. Bottlenecks are anyway lack of indexes (software). $513 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DZdk8Q
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Blinky Stitt
@flashprofits.eth
Isn't that a QLC drive? I've had two of those fail running archive nodes. Spend the money on a TLC.
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Paul Miller
@paulm
$533 then. Or $570 if one needs iGPU. 64 ram/8-core will be 650$.
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Blinky Stitt
@flashprofits.eth
the iGPU is nice for some things. I've used it for generating CREATE2 salts. Most people probably don't need that though. And 8 core is probably better if you want multiple nodes. I mean is anyone really only using ETH and not one of the many L2s now? $650 isn't terrible though.
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