Yes, it is preferred to have your node one its own machine to stay on at all times and separate from your daily driver.
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Which is your daily driver? Your lightning node or your non lightning?
Good question! I'd imagine if you have to run one of the nodes on a daily, I'd want my lightning node there. I would think security is more important on the Bitcoin node.
But that's a total conjecture on my part. I would love to hear what others with actual experience think.
Thats what id think as well.
Oh this machine is absolutely not my daily! This was an old old machine I dug up from the back of my closet haha. I plan to keep whatever machine I'm running my nodes on completely separate from my daily pc.
Oh you meant node seperate from daily driver computer for everyday use. Duh. Yeah def keep that seperate. I was talking about seperating lightning and non lightning nodes.