The Nodestrich Node status: Funded! ✅

As of Tuesday, November 21, the funding goal of $500 / 1.4 million sats has been achieved.

Between a combination of just over 725,000 sats raised in the Geyser fund, approximately 175,000 sats zapped via Nostr, and a 500,000 sat contribution from a single party, the new node hardware has been purchased.

In addition, community feedback has been absolutely invaluable during this process, and helped steer the direction of the new node away from the Umbrel Home all-in-one solution to a more powerful standalone computer.

After several days of reviewing a variety of options, we settled on an Intel NUC configured with an i5 processor, 16 GB of ram and a 2 TB SSD, which will allow a path for reliability and upgradeability into the future.

The upgrade will be done with the support of the #Nodestrich community and I plan to host a live Nostr Nest during the process.

Thanks for all your support. This has been an incredibly important part of my education as a noderunner, and I could not have done it without this amazing community behind me.

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