There's been a TON of bitcoiners who have recently started running a node to show their support for Knots or Core
But running a node is also a great way to improve your privacy in Bitcoin
Instead of having to run your transactions and history through a public node - which can include your IP address - your node can interact directly with the network
There are many great options for running a node - varying in effort and cost
Start9 is my personal favorite and the server that I use to interact with the network
They have a Black Friday deal on now and you can save a couple bonus % points by using "88SATS" at checkout
One of my favorite companies in Bitcoin 
https://store.start9.com/collections/servers/products/server-pure
#Start9…I hope to save up & afford one in the future, or to build a media/file/chat/bitcoin server for home and family use. I have been exploring Raspberry Pi 5 as a potential base for my setup. I want my device to have RAID5 w/ 4x 4 TB NVMe drives.
I need to explore what Linus Distro is best/robust/secure/versatile enough to perform these functions.
you should start with a Virtual Private Node. you will get the Linux and command line experience necessary for the use case above. and it is a cheaper alternative.
