Ok thanks. I have 3 beelinks back at the house. I'll look into start9 and see what I can do. Is the software able to be controlled remotely?
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Yes it is. I’ll send you more info when I get home later.
Since your new I would recommend using AlbyHub running on Start9. This gives you a dedicated machine and lets you get liquidity without needing 1 million+ sats.
Here's the guide to install Start9 and as long as you have the minimun system requirements you should be good. FYI It does wipe the PC you install it on.
https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/diy/diy-x86
You want to follow the install steps and when you get to the bottom of this page
click Initial Setup then Start Fresh on the next page and follow the video and then wait for for Bitcoin Core to sync. Could take 3-4 days to sync.
This is step 1 so once you are synced we can continue.
If you have any questions just hit me up on Mastodon since that's easier than Nostr 😝
*heres the AlbyHub guide ahead of time incase you want to see what your getting yourself into.
**Take your time because its a lot to digest and I need a break now after typing this up.
I use Tailscale to connect remotely to my Umbrel. Start9 probably has something similar. My Alby Hub is hosted in Alby's cloud, which costs 10k sats/month.
Start9 doesn't have Tailscale so I have to connect over TOR. I just use Zeus to do what I need since it will do almost everything I need besides reboot the machine.
Alby Cloud is 10k for 3 months then goes to 21k