The first problem, is you are running a node on Start9.

Easy, yes.

But what if they are compromised?

If you are intent on running a BTC node, then you may want to consider using an older laptop, strictly for this purpose.

Install a Linux distro, and implement the BTC node software.

I prefer Linux Mint. The Bitcoin core is available in the software manager.

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Yeah, throw that baby out with the bath water. Good for your health.

Ok. Yes. I am speaking of extremes.

Thanks for the sarcasm 😂

I mean if we put it like that every "centralized" repo could be compromised, even debian or flathub.

Also, probably the user has a node with additional services like electrs, mempool, ln and stuff, so not really that good to use a desktop distro for that.

testing zaps for this note… we made six attempts to⚡zap this note, at npub1zeeyvah2um8fak5n6zwh9fax7c7nhs37ty0t850c0z23tmwljk7smgg9tv@npubx.cash, over a period of 2 minutes. all six attempts were successful. please check on your end to be sure you received. average zap time was 9689ms (9.7 seconds). we consider this zap time slow... generally, zaps should complete in under two seconds. (other nostr users might think your zaps are broken, might not zap you again.) if you wanted to fix this... you could try getting a free rizful lightning address -- https://rizful.com ... if u get it set up, pls reply here so we can do this ⚡zap test again.

From the sound of it he’s also running a lightning node.

Yeah, lightning is cumbersome to handle, even for Bitcoin veterans.