Is there a good 3rd option of bitcoin node to run.
Or maybe a 4th option.
Bitcoin is starting to feel like a 2 party system.
Discussion
#asknostr
I have heard there is. A little help?
Can always just not update for now.
I was thinking the same thing. Feeling real "american government" 'round these parts lately.
We've reached a point where one has to decide if they actually want to run a node, or not. One is one man show, the other is driven by conflicts of interest.
How would not running a node at all help the Bitcoin ecosystem? I don't get that take.
In time there will be. You can adjust your own mempool policy settings in the meantime.
Google says these. I don't know about any of them
btcd: An alternative full-node implementation written in Go, which does not include a native wallet functionality.
Gocoin: A full-node implementation that has been noted for its dashboard.
libbitcoin: An independent Bitcoin stack, although advertised as pre-alpha.
Bcoin: A JavaScript-based implementation.
bitcoinj: A Java implementation that can operate in a fully verifying mode.
Yes
Just use older versions of Core for the time being. Since they're safer than running Knots. Competition in Node implementations is good, this is what being decentralized is. Libbit is interesting, but it is slightly risky to run. But supporting them is worth it.
I'm working on my own implementation in rust. But I definitely don't want people to use it yet. Since it has more issues than relationship with a person with daddy issues. 😂 But hopefully we can find more common ground.