Nostr Web Client

You don't need a separate computer for a Bitcoin node, you can just install Bitcoin core on whatever computer you already have.

The benefit is you are fully sovereign and don't depend on anyone else's computer to validate and broadcast transactions and improve your privacy (another node doesn't see your xpub)

You don't need umbrels or start9s etc

Thank you, Sir. 1y ago

Realized this on my own last month. Pruned node, sure, but I take what I can get.

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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

I use pruned nodes too, totally fine

Thank you, Sir. 1y ago

The only issue I might have is that my earlier UTXOs are older than my prune. Hasn’t been a problem yet. Easily fixable.

Beerborn 1y ago

How's lightning on pruned nodes? I saw sometime ago it's a no go and I've never bothered to check again

Thank you, Sir. 1y ago

I have no experience there.

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

You can run lightning with 40gb of pruning, but if you ever need to rescan the wallet, your node could be down for days, which could lead to force closures. If you just use the node for small amounts of sending/receiving and only a few channels, I think it's mostly fine