Run your own Bitcoin node.
Run your own Nostr relay.
A full Bitcoin node verifies all transactions and blocks to ensure that they are legitimate and in accordance with the network rules.
A personal Nostr relay provides a backup of your data and ensures that all of your notes and events are available to re-broadcast to others in the future.
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I am not a developer and I agree with dev. But I would like to follow a Raspberry Pi + Citadel approach in order to run Bitcoin, Lightning and Nostr nodes.
Citadel is fine. I'd recommend Start9 though.
So Embassy OS you recommend...
Citadel is working on a nostr client.
what about electricity costs of running a Bitcoin node? which hardware you use?
For me it didn't make a difference. Running an i5 9600k and a mini pc. What made a difference in the electricity bill was the shower and the air conditioner
Agree. My node runs on a Raspberry Pi, but I have a 3 year old laptop (i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz) that acts as my server that runs everything else, including my relay.
My Raspberry Pi uses a few dollars a year of electricity. You won't notice it.
Do you think it’s fine to run both on the same device? Umbrel on a Rasb Pi…
If you're using Tailscale and not opening up your relay to the entire world, then yes, it's probably fine. Otherwise, I would split them up. Mine are split up on difference devices.
Plus let’s add this:
Run your own Lightning ⚡️ node.
Become your own bank, provide liquidity to the network, route payments, earn fees.
Agree. I was oversimplifying, but you're right, if you're running a Bitcoin node, you should run a Lightning node too.
For the technically challenged, this seems daunting.
Gotta learn to run a BTC node
A Nostr Relay, a Lightning node, gey btc off exchanges into cold storage.
And we wonder why adoption is slower then expected 🤔
start with running a Bitcoin node. thats the easiest one of the 3 imo
Just spun one up last month.
Working on lightning now
it seems your lightning wallet has not been setup properly or not relayed properly to all nostr nodes.
i just tried tipping you, and was unable to.
If I set up a relay today, will it backup all my past notes?
Once you set up a relay can you retroactively pull your posts and stuff onto that relay?
I was just dealing with more Nostr FUD over data storage, but at the end of the day, every user has the option to store the own data in a self sovereign way. I can also run a relay for myself and let a few friends use it.
