I’m now officially a β€œNode Runner”!

By running my own node, I help make the game:

More decentralized.

More secure.

More private (self-sufficient).

More efficient.

I don’t trust, I verify, hence more integrity.

More of the people, by the people.

Thx to everyone who helped me level up, including our conversation - nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe πŸ™πŸ» very grateful!

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Now you have to use it! πŸ˜‰

Welcome to the club. ⚑

Great to be here

Welcome to the jungle

Thx for having me πŸ˜…

Congratulations, I know how this feels. Nice!

We are the nodes 😎

Welcome to the club, may your node stay up without any issues, when nostr relay?

Step by step πŸ˜…

welcome in the real club πŸ™‚ 🫑

Well done. We need many more to join in.

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I'm a bit of a novice here...am I beyond pulling this off or is there maybe a solid tutorial I could follow on YouTube or elsewhere? I'm interested just not sure how to move forward.

I guess that's a good starting point from nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxdf8G0kzsUXSgv6TahOzg5mhNNprVKjM&si=YQc4wVadGabj8stV

and this (more high level about bitcoin) https://youtu.be/vc_7I6Fnqkk?si=b6sjueC9WMfn-rag

Thanks so much! I'm a huge fan of Jeff's work as well so I'll start studying up.

Appreciate your guidance here.

If you just want a Bitcoin Node, it's really easy, just don't put any BTC on it (Bitcoin core has a built-in wallet) and you've got nothing to lose.

Hardest part was deciding what hardware to run it on (raspberry pi or a laptop/pc/cloud) and if I should use a service like Umbrel or build it from sourcecode myself (I chose the last one since it's just 3 lines of commands, but you have to configure tor as well, which was fine but only do that if you're not scared of command prompt πŸ™‚)

conclusion: everyone can do it, let me know if you need help!

Appreciate that!

nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 made a solid video using nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll to run bitcoin core and other services. But yea, you can also just purchase a 1TB or 2TB SSD hard drive from best buy and download bitcoin core directly!

https://youtu.be/DKBJ3_3ZomU?feature=shared

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which node did you choose to run?

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Looks like the gif isn’t working πŸ˜•

I don’t think GIFs are working well yet…

Lol

Looks like Umbrel, so you can even run a lightning node with a few clicks and maybe start making some sats

On my list!

At your service! πŸ’œβ™ΎοΈ

Thx! Glad to be in the community πŸ™πŸ»πŸ’œ

Now open a few lightning channels and add a Bitaxe.

Nice job!

😍🧑

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Awesome!

Woohoo! πŸ₯³ Exciting! What equipment did you go with? I’d love to follow your lead!

nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct πŸ’œ

Ty

Take a look nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll as well!

Thank you - πŸ™

Great! Welcome to the club

Thanks!

niiice. however. try figuring out a non-plug and play solution. I started with start9 and then finally was convinced the only truly sovereign node is running off your own linux. 🫑

to run a*

StartOS is Linux...

I love my start9! but learning how to run terminal commands and maintaining your own node updates is more sovereign πŸ’ͺ

I'll always recommend start9 to a new plebian doe ❀️

Awesome!! I recently joined the node running club this past week with a Pi5. 🫑

that's great Efrat - recently started running one myself and love how accessible it is to help network decentralization

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Welcome fellow node runner πŸ€™

Thx for having me!