Is it possible to run a #Bitcoin node in the cloud for free?
Then Alby hub would be awesome
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Don't think for free, it takes a lot of power to run one, there are paid solutions though.
This is one solution but it's more for businesses https://www.voltage.cloud/
This is $25 a month. And, then there's no need for Alby Hub
Yes, exactly. Not really sure. Don't think there is a good solution becides doing it yourself, or if there's someone's you could use.
Doing it yourself means keeping your computer always on 😳
True, also potential for hacks since you are opening your home network to the web.
I recommend Primal wallet.
I'm using Speed
They requiring you to ID verifiy?
Nope, just email
In the US you have to verify government ID now. 😡, They even locked my account and wouldn't let you send your own sats till you verify.
As they say in England, "bloody ell"
That's a data breach disaster waiting to happen 😳
For example you can run it on digital ocean, cloudzy, or on the cheapest plan of any VPS hoster you like.
Remember that cloud is just someone else's computer so, I don't see no difference then using Alby custodial solution. Raspberry pi zero Is a low cost and low electricity consuming device. (0 if running on solar).
Hmm 🤔
It's somebody else's computer, but it is completely different to a custodial setup as the hoster does not have access to your keys. Keys and sensitive data is stored encrypted and only available in memory when the node is running.
Now one can say somebody can read the memory, which is correct and applies to anything that is hosted online.
And one can go a step further and say it's also somebody else's OS that we rely on. (if you don't build it yourself 😉 )
So depending on how deep you want to go you rely on something.
But that's why our goal with Alby Hub is to be able to run it in the very different environments to have a solution for whatever the user's requirements are. (from a pi zero to the cloud)
Free cloud will be hard, because somebody has to pay for the resources.
We might experiment with different methods at some point. (e.g. based on usage)
But you can choose any cloud provider right now.