Hi Steemians, if you follow me you will know I have compiled CLI wallets for several coins on different hardware platforms including Raspberry Pis.

Today Im building the steemd wallet on my old laptop, just to see what it takes in terms of resources at first, I will then guage whether its worth me attempting to become a witness.

Any tips or tricks are welcome, its compiling as I write so it has got at least that far.

Apart from running a reliable node, is there anything else I should be aware of involved in being a witness?   Is my hosting a copy of the block-chain valuable to the community even if Im not signing blocks as a witness?  There seems to be a lot of old information coming up in searches, Im looking for post HF19 information ideally.

As I say, this may just be for fun, or I may take it more seriously based on your feedback.