Node running is not hard. People are just lazy and retarded, so they *hear* it's hard and repeat it, or they hit the smallest roadblock and decide a little whiff of friction is too much.

Node running is frankly one of the easiest things you can do with a computer in terms of effort-to-reward practicality. The retard-level takes on lightning we've seen over the past 18 months are astounding. If you are *actually* that tech-weak maybe this whole idea of radical freedom tech just isn't for you. But if you're just parroting what you read without trying it out for yourself, congratulations. You're the problem.