Question for those of you who own and self-custody Bitcoin, but don't run your own node yet.
What is your biggest obstacle to run your own node?
Discussion
Cost of quality hardware, (security, back up storage drives)
Budget mostly. I need to buy stuff and I have other priorities right now. Technical knowledge might be an issue, but I’m pretty sure I can overcome that once I get down to business.
Right now it’s the raspberry pi shortage. I have everything but the pi. Might just buy one assembled. Any recommendations on which one to buy?
IMHO it doesn't make much sense to build a node on raspberry pi. They became very expensive (~160 $).
Haven't you considered to user refurbished mini PCs like Dell Optiplex, Lenovo Thinkcentre, HP Elite desk?
Then install Ubuntu or Debian on it, you can use following guides:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRbH-IWlcW2A_kpx2XwAMgT0rcZEZ2Cg
I feel like I don't know enough about it from a technical / network security perspective.
I just ordered a node the other day. My obstacle was that I wanted to stack more Bitcoin first.
I started stacking in summer of 2021. I didn’t really go whole hog into stacking until the fall of 2021.