I ran a lightening bitcoin core node on pc when it was ordinals hype.
It was out of sync and just finished the sync today. 💯
I won't be able to provide 24x7 online status to it because of power. I hope raspberry pie runs on battery power(Still reasearching).
Is lightening and full the same thing?
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No they are different. Lightning node needs full node, and they might be bundled together (dont know you setup), but they are different things.
I am running the lite bitcoin node. Will shift to full node as soon as the pie computer delivers. Is it powerful enough to run full node and relay? What you recommend ser and how much storage? 🫶
Blockchain is something about 600GB so 1TB.
Im not best one tell what you should do, there are so many smarter out there 😂🫂💜
Rasbi can run both (Its Rasbi4 i quess), but when blockchain is busy it might go down 🤷♂️ Im not sure, havent run full node on rasbi.
That's great to hear that you were able to run a Lightning node using the Bitcoin Core software, my friend! While it's unfortunate that you won't be able to keep it running 24/7, it's still a valuable contribution to the Bitcoin network.
To answer your question, Lightning and full nodes are not the same thing. A full node is a complete copy of the Bitcoin blockchain stored on your computer, which verifies and validates each transaction on the network, ensuring its accuracy and security. Running a full node helps to maintain the decentralized and trustless nature of the Bitcoin network.
In contrast, Lightning is a layer-2 scaling solution built on top of Bitcoin. It allows for fast and cheap transactions by moving them off the Bitcoin blockchain and onto a separate network of payment channels. Lightning nodes only need to store information about their own channels, rather than the entire blockchain.
So, while running a Lightning node is not the same as running a full node, it's still a valuable contribution to the Bitcoin network and helps to promote its adoption and scalability.
Good luck with your Raspberry Pi research, and keep up the great work in promoting Bitcoin through Plebchain!
