A new era begins for me…

- 2022 first personal BTC purchase and immediately put in cold storage (cold card)

- 2023 put both of my (tiny) LLCs on a bitcoin treasury

- 2024 finally get control of my BTC IRA keys

- 2025 hoping to have a bitcoin full node and Alby hub setup in January…not sure I can get it all done by end of 2024 because of travel plans

Excited but a tad trepidation. I haven’t setup a server since setting up a business Windows Server probably 23 years ago?? I’ve setup plenty of SQL Server and Oracle instances, and lots of BI deployments, but I’ve always preferred the development work versus operations or implementations.

Seriously, I’ve been a tennis pro/health coach/personal trainer for the last almost 7 years. Plan on relying on the nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll forums/groups as well as nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 videos.

And maybe a little cursing…

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Start9 is great. I've been running mine for over a year, have had no errors or issues with installing software.

LFG you can do it mate 🫂

Nice start. Running your own node is essential.

Congratulations! Start9 TG group was very helpful along my journey.

I definitely intend to leverage - especially as I try to maximize its utility.

The Albyhub with nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll DIY on a small form factor pc has been 🤌🏼

Excellent...

Running your own node is one of the best ways to deepen your understanding of Bitcoin and take a significant step further down the rabbit hole. Congrats friend !

You won't have much trouble. Have been running my own for years now and aside from minor connection issues in very isolated cases (mainly Tor / provider hiccups) I stand behind their products vehemently.

Best of luck! Enjoy sovereignty!

I'm sure I'll be checking out the forums - and BTC Sessions videos - for what all to deploy and leverage. My sats tend to be in cold storage on hardware devices with Sparrow read-only. But I've started doing a few Lightning transactions. Just like I hope to be "part of the solution" by running a bitcoin node, I'll be researching the effort/risk of a Lightning node.

Start9 is the way to go. Even this old guy can do it. You got this ✌️💪🤝

OK, but seriously...how much cursing was involved? 🤣

Minimal. BTC Sessions helped.

Welcome welcome. Start9 is awesome, been using it for a few months now and it went without a hitch. Forums are super responsive too, active community. LFG.

Fuck yes, I‘celebrating this soooo much🔥🔥🔥🔥

Are you happy with your BTC IRA provider? looking for one in addition to Choice.

I moved from Swan (where I didn't hold my keys...and they had repeated issues with Trust companies) to an Unchained multi-sig where I hold 2-of-3 keys.

I am happy with Unchained and may eventually engage their wholly owned Sound Advisory with some estate planning, trusts, tax strategies, etc.

Thank you for the reply because that will save me a couple steps and maybe some pain too. 🙏