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Self custody is hard.

I shit you not: coming back home to my APC UPS continuously beeping. A few seconds of this, and I start losing my temper...

My first reflex: shutting down my power backup.

WITHOUT TURNING OFF MY BITCOIN NODE PROPERLY 🤦‍♂️

I just recovered my node after a corrupted drive, because of a power outage. And I didn't even open my new lightning channels yet.

And I simply killed it, because I was pissed at my UPS, basically in the same way that corrupted my drive previously...

Luckily, I restarted it, and it works fine. But just imagine how close I came to fucking it up again. Just like that.

Self custody implies responsibility and accountability. At all times. You make a mistake, and you may have to pay the price dearly after.

#noderunner #bitcoin #custody
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TimCScott 1y ago

Did you ever find out what the issue was with your UPS? I only implemented my 1st UPS setup recently. I've tested that everything shuts down gracefully in a controlled environment, but clearly the UPS is a potential failure point.

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Hypno | seedkeys.xyz 1y ago

I'm not sure what happened. Buy fortunately, I cleared step 2 of this guide: https://www.apc.com/us/en/faqs/FA158810/ so it worked fine after.

But I had to change my UPS after 1 year. Because it started inflating... That's my 2nd one now. Same model. So far so good after 2 years.