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# Installation
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Lotus can be installed in [Linux](en-install-linux) and [MacOS](en-install-macos) machines by building it from source. Windows is not supported yet.
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This section contains guides to install Lotus in the supported platforms.
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Lotus is made of 3 binaries:
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* `lotus`: the main [Lotus node](en+setup) (Lotus client)
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* `lotus-miner`: an application specifically for [Filecoin mining](en+miner-setup)
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* `lotus-worker`: an additional [application to offload some heavy-processing tasks](en+lotus-worker) from the Lotus Miner.
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These applications are written in Go, but also import several Rust libraries. Lotus does not distribute
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pre-compiled builds.
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## Hardware requirements
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### For client nodes
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* 8GiB of RAM
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* Recommended for syncing speed: CPU with support for *Intel SHA Extensions* (AMD since Zen microarchitecture, Intel since Ice Lake).
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* Recommended for speed: SSD hard drive (the bigger the better)
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### For miners
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The following correspond to the latest testing configuration:
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* 2 TB of hard drive space
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* 8 core CPU
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* 128 GiB of RAM with 256 GiB of NVMe SSD storage for swap (or simply, more RAM).
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* Recommended for speed: CPU with support for *Intel SHA Extensions* (AMD since Zen microarchitecture, Intel since Ice Lake).
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* GPU for block mining. The following have been [confirmed to be fast enough](en+gpus):
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- GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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- GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
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- GeForce RTX 2080
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- GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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- GeForce GTX 1080
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- GeForce GTX 1060
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