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saw a comment on twitter can’t remember who but they were saying if you take bitcoin seriously you shouldn’t run your node on umbrel. honestly that’s such a sick mindset. we should be encouraging ppl to run any node, not gatekeeping based on some hardcore setup. umbrel (or similar platforms) lower the barrier and make self sovereignty more accessible.

we need more people running nodes, period. not fewer. shaming someone for how they do it just pushes them away. you don’t build a strong network by flexing your configs, you build it by helping others opt in.

it’s also a great thing ppl are finally questioning bitcoin core’s monopoly. over 90% of nodes run core. that’s not healthy. too much of anything in one place makes the whole system fragile. if we care about making bitcoin more resilient and future proof, we need more implementations and balance.

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Moid 8mo ago

Agree. Getting people comfortable with self custody, and the tools used to manage that effectively, is paramount.

In a world where any particular version of code becomes problematic, it can be addressed at that point. It may be harder to get more people to switch, but conversely ten users who are 100% of the footprint is worse.

On the fragility point, oddly, ETH had issues where two versions of the code became incompatible ( if I recall correctly ) and the chain split.

There is nuance in fragility, I think.

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