I think my node is starting to wear down. I haven't fully investigated it, but it seems to be lagging behind a day or so with transactions. I use it for Core and electrum, not Lightning.

What is the reasoning behind NOT running this on my main system, or maybe on a VM running on my main system? I don't feel like running another ras-pi, and also don't feel like setting up a secondary laptop.

I'm guessing it is the opsec, in that if agents bust in and take my shit, they may not notice this little black box in the corner - but I'm thinking we're past that. Anyone coming after me would probably be doing so for financial reasons - I won't call them crimes - and would be familiar enough with bitcoin to know to look for a raspberry pi.

Uptime? I just need it to be up enough to keep up with transactions. Space? Not an issue. Data corruption? Doubt this would get any better. Network segregation? That is one reason I would run a VM instead of directly on my main system.

Just thinking out loud here. I'm feeling a debian-based VM might be the nbt.