it was earlier this year. pretty much followed raspibolt.org guide for node setup. ran lnd, rtl, zeus. I had maybe 4 channels, might have needed more?

I wanted to try stacking with robosats to help with liquidity but never got that far. maybe just gave up too quickly 

 What hardware? 

 raspi 4 8gb. been having fulcrum issues recently too, so I think it's time for an upgrade 

 Yeah get yourself a proper pc 

 any recommendations for a good one? something that will last 5 years? 

 Any mini desktop Intel NUC style will be grand  

 Just make sure you get an i5 (or equivalent) or above, 16gb ram (or above) and at least a 2tb SSD