$40 for the whole kit.
Installed the NOOBS operating system (New Out Of The Box Software).
It's a Linux distribution called Raspbian (specifically for Raspberry Pi devices)
So far I'm really liking this thing.
Does trying to play Nintendo games on it count?
Yeah so I'm trying to download this emulator called RetroPie.
Again specifically designed to play old games using these devices.
Turns out this SD card I bought is too small for that (8 GB).
The operating system takes up the vast majority of the card.
I thought I did it correctly but it's not working yet.
The Raspberry Pi Zero is the cheapest version.
It doesn't have access to the internet (wifi or otherwise),
which is exactly what I want in a potential cold-signing hardware wallet.
This thing only comes with a single mini-USB.
Without a splitter I wouldn't be able to use a mouse and keyboard at the same time,
and accessing a flash drive would be out of the question.
I believe this is going to be a very useful device going forward. Not only does it give me the opportunity to gain more experience with Linux and Python, the main goal is to make my Hive account 100% secure against malicious remote hackers.
I could definitely see myself ordering quite a few more of these and charging a markup if the tools I develop end up being super useful and other people in the community want to buy them. Perhaps even an open-source decentralized economy could emerge from these endeavors.
