The first halving I experienced was in 2020, back then I only thought about the price going up after the halving. I didn’t really know anything about Bitcoin at all tbh.
This is my first Halving where I kind of understand what is happening, why Bitcoin is a superior form of money and why it has actual value and I’m kind of able to explain Bitcoin to normies too (big win for me tbh)
So yeah Happy Halving day to all you out there! 🥳
How did you celebrate?
#bitcoin 
good, keep studying, make sure you are running your own node before the next halving. Learn why this is important.
I’m already running my own node 🫡 I kinda know why it’s important, but feel free to refresh my mind 😏
Saylor says that "A node is a shrine to Satoshi". As for why it's important... in my opinion:
1. "don't trust, verify" is only possible if you're running your own node. (Ultimately there will always be some trust, unless you've read all the code, read all the code in the included libraries, read the code for your compiler, compiled the compiler yourself, manufactured your own silicon). But in my opinion the act of validating the blockchain yourself with software you control on hardware you control is a fundamental bedrock principal of taking actual possession of your wealth with bitcoin.
Beyond that, if you want to have some say about which version of bitcoin is the real one then you must run your own node. When you are explaining the 21 limit to someone and they say "why can't someone just create more" you fully understand the answer... because you would simply refuse to run that code on your node. If you really understand why the limit is 21 million, you would be running your own node as a result.
Well I get that…
I get your second paragraph aswell… but not to the fullest. I know about hard forks and all that, but the reason on why the limit is 21 million I’m not sure about…
