saw a comment on twitter can’t remember who but they were saying if you take bitcoin seriously you shouldn’t run your node on umbrel. honestly that’s such a sick mindset. we should be encouraging ppl to run any node, not gatekeeping based on some hardcore setup. umbrel (or similar platforms) lower the barrier and make self sovereignty more accessible.
we need more people running nodes, period. not fewer. shaming someone for how they do it just pushes them away. you don’t build a strong network by flexing your configs, you build it by helping others opt in.
it’s also a great thing ppl are finally questioning bitcoin core’s monopoly. over 90% of nodes run core. that’s not healthy. too much of anything in one place makes the whole system fragile. if we care about making bitcoin more resilient and future proof, we need more implementations and balance.
