Setting up a 2nd full node.
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Cool. Can you tell us why you're doing this? How do you use your 1st full node?
When I initially went to 2 nodes it was to split duties to reduce resource demands. First node was Bitcoin+LND. Second was Bitcoin+Electrs. Both on Raspberry pi. Was a stepping stone to having an environment to test and develop against that wasn't as economically critical.
I've been running a full Bitcoin node on a raspi for almost 3 years now. I keep it up to date and sync'd, and use it mainly for my own education and to monitor my utxos as I hodl. I suppose it adds in some small way to the robustness of the network, but it has no commercial raison d'etre really.
Just recently I opened my first lightning channels, connected a self-custody BlueWallet backend and ran a bunch of test transactions with Strike, Alby, and Nostr. I haven't deposited much Bitcoin into it yet but in the course of moving a few million sats back and forth I've managed to establish a little bit of inbound liquidity...
And now I realize, I have nothing to sell and very little prospect for earning significant Bitcoin in network routing fees. So I'm just wondering to myself... why am I doing this? Can anybody offer this Odler Hodler some insight or incentive to continue down the Lightning node rabbit hole?
I'm kind of in a similar position. Routing fees are scarce for my node.
While mainly used for testing and learning, one of the reasons I have mine running is to be able to receive any contributions via the Geyser.fund/project/nodeyez project page for Nodeyez. I can't afford/justify the costs of Voltage for this so rely as best as I can on the raspberry pi to handle it.
I doesn't seem that running a lightning node is profitable at this time. Maybe if running a node becomes almost automatic with little attention needed, we won't look at running it as a profit center as much as just knowing you're part of a free market operation.
this is such a great question #plebchain
#[2] has it. -- You continue to support the robustness, stability, depth, and breadth of the network and strong of #Bitcoin 'Publicly Distributed Ledger' . Even from a perspective of pure self interest, this action will buoy and support the value of your own assets in a positive feedback loop; from an altruistic perspective, beyond the monetary, and unto the liberty, self-sovereignty, and general freedom, art, expression aspect(s) ? -- The arguments and benefits myriad and in many ways quietly profound. imo.
1. Your sats need to sit somewhere. 2. It costs nothing to keep them on a raspi. 3. Your setup will remain educational. 4. Who knows what the future will bring, so I recommend you enjoy your sovereign rabbit hole.
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did you ever looked at value4value philosophy?
in short, it works by not holding information, and then the people who find it valuable give value back to you... which includes financial payments (which Nostr has integrated in the form of Zaps)
So... if anything, you are doing it to get a deeper understanding of everything and share with the world later
I went down the same rabbit hole as you're going down. Ran a full BTC node on a Raspi for 12 months then added lightning channels. After a further six months I shut it all down as I couldn't see the point of continuing with operations. Sure you're adding a bit to the overall network stability but I saw it as an opportunity to learn how it all works. Once that was done - it was time to move on. #[2]