# Pi4 vs Pi5 for Bitcoin Node?

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi4-vs-pi5-for-bitcoin-node/16696>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi4-vs-pi5-for-bitcoin-node/16696 "2024-04-29T17:20:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![doingbobthings](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/doingbobthings/32/5555_2.png) [@doingbobthings](https://community.umbrel.com/u/doingbobthings)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi4-vs-pi5-for-bitcoin-node/16696/1 "2024-04-29T17:20:51Z")

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A friend has a Pi4b 4G and wanted to know if it was adequate enough to run Umbrel as a Bitcoin node. Any reason why a Pi5 would be substantially better?

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**Author:** ![TheRedRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/theredrocket/32/1633_2.png) [@TheRedRocket](https://community.umbrel.com/u/TheRedRocket)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pi4-vs-pi5-for-bitcoin-node/16696/2 "2024-04-30T15:21:55Z")

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Works fine for me. I only run Thunderhub, RTL, Tailscale. Sometimes Torq and RoboSats.