Ok so here is something else I can post about that makes me happy. Bitcoin shit!

This took me an embarrassingly long time to work out all the kinks, but I got it all working at last. I took this on mainly to improve on my Bash scripting.

This first script will install Bitcoin Core, Tor, and I2P on a fresh box on a Debian based system (Ubuntu and the like), then configure Core based on your install choices. (I.E. if you install only TOR it will ask you if you want to only use TOR or let your node run in a hybrid mode that allows IPv4 connections.) It compiles core from scratch. I don't really have a reason why I chose to compile from scratch vs grabbing and moving a precompiled binary, but that's what it does.

Next I'll put out a script that installs LND or CLN (and some front end like RTL) and configures it based on your networking options available. The plan is to make a thing for Fulcrum and maybe other node tools if people want them. I want to make running your own node as easy as I can, and the more tools we have out there the better.

So anyway, I hope this helps at least one person and let me know if there are install scripts I should focus on after LN. Let me know if I need to improve on anything or if you encounter issues, Happy to help. #bitcoin #noderunner