Yes, same here.
Ben is struggling with this right now FYI:
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Yes
Call me crazy, but I'm still going to do it using this link.
(I want to beat you, lol)
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Wish me luck!
I'm not racing you, I'm taking it easy.
Let me know how you get on tho.
This just saved me... So much time 🫡
Yes, if you know you want to run Knots exclusively.
This is the way 🫡
I'd been running a pruned version of Knots for a while now, I figured now was the time to just uninstall, reinstall and use this trick to swap to a full archival on Knots.
I can always spin Core back up and keep that one pruned if I want to later...
Or do as I intent to eventually, spin up a full second node at work.
I’m downloading a pruned version on knots on one of my test nodes.
Good idea to swap it out for the core DB if I switch.
Thanks for the tip 🫡
because he's using node in a box solutions which aren't made for you to be in control of your software. switching to knots is simply replacing the qt (executable) file. start9 and umbrel are the same garbage as Core. stop trusting 3rd party services!
You built your own car and house and school and clothes and developed your own language and built your own country and invented your own type of air?
I'm impressed 😂
Seriously tho, if your a builder, you'll build your own house, if your an electronics guy, you'll build your own laptop. If your a software guy you'll develop your own code.
If your were a second rate Unix admin in the 1990's you prefer to have a box solution to a self configured solution because you were too busy building the Internet the world is using today.
Bitcoin exists to remove trust of 3rd parties, if you so choose. We all know the value of being able to transact without relying on a trusted 3rd party by now. This value extends to the code you run for your node. Bitcoin core became the most popular node client software because they made it easy. Now, as recent events show, that trust comes with cost. Users running core are treated like idiots that can't manage their own config. Core devs are influenced by monied interests and gatekeeping PR discussions. Antithetical to Bitcoin as free open source software.
Node in a box solutions also introduce trust, whereas users can lose control of their software and self sovereignty. Most don't let you learn how to change or update your node software. Pushed updates are a massive security flaw. Backdoor risks are a huge problem. The company can go out of business, leaving users with a paperweight. They introduce complexity in Bitcoin which is designed to run on just about any potato computer in the first place. Users can even run a pruned node if storage space is an issue.
If at any point you need a 3rd party to transact or verify, you defeat the purpose of using Bitcoin in the first place.
Just right click the other apps and select settings then choose Knots.