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The Raspberry Pi 5 was just announced yesterday. For this week's #FOSSFriday, I'm going to tell you about RaspiBolt! If you've ever wanted to run a Bitcoin and Lightning node and you've wanted to build it from scratch, giving yourself full control over the whole process, this is your guide. There are no Docker containers here. 🔥

RaspiBolt is a popular software project that allows anyone to set up a Bitcoin and Lightning node on a Raspberry Pi. This makes it a relatively affordable and easy way to support the Bitcoin network and participate in the Lightning Network. ⚡

RaspiBolt is also a great way to learn more about Bitcoin and Lightning and learn about Linux in general. The installation and configuration process is well-documented, and there is a large and active community of users who are happy to provide support. 🐧

BONUS: You don't have to use a Raspberry Pi Either. That's right. You can use this guide for essentially any hardware. Just don't complete the Raspberry Pi specific configuration steps. I promise you, it will be fine.

When I rebuilt my node a few months ago, I mostly followed this guide to make sure I wasn't missing anything. It works great. I don't use a Raspberry Pi. I use a 4 year old Laptop. 🔥

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

₿harat 2y ago

Would you say it’s better than Umbrel?

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B.O.P 2y ago

Umbrel isn’t open sourced and I believe this is. I’ve been wanting to build a new node from scratch with all open-source software

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Correct. Nodes like Umbrel, MyNodeBTC and Start9 are not open source. They just package open source software.

Raspibolt and Raspiblitz are truly FOSS

Derek Ross 2y ago

Umbrel is great for beginners. I ran one for 3 years. I wanted to do more and have more control. My Umbrel node was running a bunch of custom apps. Additionally, Umbrel has a visual management interface. This does not. Though, I do use Thunderhub. Better is a tough argument because it's highly subjective.

CitizenPleb 2y ago

Running both Umbrel and Raspiblitz (which is a more automated version of Raspibolt?)

One certainly feels more like a shadowy super-coder using command line with lightning. 😂

Derek Ross 2y ago

Despite the similar naming conventions Raspbibolt and Raspiblitz are very different.

CitizenPleb 2y ago

Interesting. Thoughts on blitz?

Derek Ross 2y ago

I've never ran it. Think of Blitz as a FOSS Umbrel. nostr:npub1mc20uche0cy599vpl850aschpu7wteundgsnf0msep79lu3fu5aq3r4ptv ran it for a while. He converted his Umbrella to Blitz.

no₿ody™ 🧱 2y ago

I loved raspiblitz. The only reason i switched back to umbrel a second time was nearly losing a lot of sats in a freak lightning accident where i killt my own node and hadn’t backed up my channels properly. Umbrel is tard-friendlier, but raspiblitz makes a tard feel shadowy supercoderish af

CitizenPleb 2y ago

Ha! Well said.

Brüdigga 2y ago

This 💯

Umbrel is plug and play whereas Raspi makes you feel nerdy 🤓

For myself raspi is great, but my mom would get Umbrel installed ... if she ever wanted to come into the light 😉😅

₿harat 2y ago

You’ve summed it up beautifully.

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

IMHO, Raspiblitz is better for quick builds for development testing. Then again Ive never had one setup for longer than a few days for that purpose. Its very capable though and configured via menu system.

₿harat 2y ago

Thanks for sharing your experience Derek.