I used ChatGPT. I started by asking it the minimum system requirements were for a Bitcoin node. Then I asked it what are the special considerations when setting up a node. I also asked about maintenance once a Bitcoin node is set up and how to keep it secure.

From there I asked it how to install Bitcoin node on Ubuntu with the command line interface.

It gave me a series of about seven or eight commands to the copy and paste into command line which I did.

I did receive one error about Boost not being available and I typed that error into chat GPT as well and it gave me the fix.

The whole process to kick this off took about 20 minutes. Right now my computer is downloading the 400 gig block and my CPU is pegged.

Don't forget to open up the Bitcoin firewall port as well!