Have finally decided to download & run my own #btc full node.

Spent weeks watching videos & reading about it & couldn’t find a con.

To be in more control of my albeit small bitcoin balance is an interesting feeling.

All working towards end goal of providing farm fresh produce to local community & allowing people to buy using #lightning network

Small steps mean progres hasn’t stopped

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The feeling of accomplishment of seeing your bitcoin confirmed on your node is pretty special. I doubt you'll regret it. Which setup are you planning to run?

Old laptop w/ an external HDD for storage for now. Figure learn up on what I’ve got on hand and eventually if I want to upgrade to a smaller compact node it’ll be easier.

The 1liter workstation PCs with NVMe drives make awesome fast nodes. If your old machine isn't that old it will probably be faster than a raspberry pi based solution.

My old tower from college was the original plan but misplaced a monitor & it needs a serious cleaning. For now older laptop it is