Noice. But I can't stop mentioning that Umbrel is not fully open/trustworthy....
The easiest #bitcoin node setup I've tried so far is:
* Debian 12 w/XFCE desktop gui
* Umbrel
Debian installer is good. Simple enough for almost anyone.
Only other task is to get Umbrel installed... in just TWO SIMPLE COMMANDS!
* `apt install curl`
* `curl -L https://umbrel.sh | bash`
BUT THERE'S A "BUT"!!
It's only this simple if I log in as `root`. The user that the setup creates doesn't have `sudo` access. Obv I can add the user to sudoers, but now we're getting deeper into linux and losing the total noob simplicity.
I'm not a linux security expert. At all.
Is it a "Nope, unacceptable!" to install and run the Umbrel docker containers as `root`?
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...in exchange for the nicest and easiest UI I've seen so far with the broadest app selection.
As I start playing with some of the other node packagers, if any of them are good enough on all of those points, amazing.
But at the zero tech skill level, there are going to be tradeoffs.
I'm a FOSS dev but more than that, I'm a pragmatist.
Good point, I agree that the ease of use is a good tradeoff. But it's good to be aware that there is a tradeoff.
Agreed.
Hopefully this kind of build ends up being a stepping stone to a more secure, more robust setup later on. A useful stage but not the end destination.
It's like self-custody with single sig; having it at all is way better than not doing any self-custody, but there are lots of not really solvable risks with single sig.
The hope is that they get comfortable and then level up to multisig when they're ready.