Any recommendations for the software? I'd like to remain as self sovereign as possible. Use case for running a node is to have a full node. And learn. I doubt I'll use it for much right away other than learning
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Again, it depends.. on your skills and preferences.
Easiest way would be to just install startOS from start9, or umbrel.
I run both, kinda like startOS more, although it does everything (and i mean EVERYTHING) thru Tor, which is quite slow even on .local
devs say clearnet-options will come soon™, so we wait.
In the meantime i installed umbrel, to try it out and get clearnet-connections.
But if you wanna learn you can build and install everything yourself on a basic ubuntu or something, done that a couple of times too.
It's no rocket-science, if you can read tutorials and follow instructions you're good to go.
I’ve found nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll super easy to use and setup. Also they have great docs on their website to help you setup and connect services.
Agreed.
My start9-node has been running btc, eletcrs, lnd and more smoothly for about a year now and the only thing i can actually complain about is: Tor-only and not even tunnelsats will do as a workaround.
But they promised to give us options, so we wait.
I’ve only been using it as a lightning node for a few months but it’s been solid.
I’m running a pruned node on a mini pc (256 GB) since I already have a Ronin Dojo full node.