Are you thinking a Pi or similar device with something like Umbrel pre-installed/pre-configured so it would just be a matter of plugging it in, let the node sync and open channels?
Discussion
Yes. Pi/NUC/whatever with hopefully a mix of distros. #[3], #[4], and others.
Everything setup so Bitcoin blockchain downloaded, Lightning setup, nostr relay and hopefully in future we have distributed storage for plebs too.
Plug it in and with a few pages of instructions you can see it all and have it running.
The devices Start9 sell look like they get part way there with EmbassyOS pre installed. I think the difficult part is Lightning, figuring out which channels to open etc.
Yes but we shouldn’t rely on any one node provider; start9 should be one of the nodes in distribution but different setups adds resilience to the network.
Lightning out of the box is hard, but I think it’s doable. That’s where #nodestrich could help.
We’re going to start adding reputation now that we have transactions with zaps. There might be a Sats commitment for the lightning node for the recipient, reputation will help ensure this charity sends out few ‘dead nodes’ which don’t have the resources to join the network.