Charity I would support.
A fund to produce pre-configured nodes that are plug-and-playable for non-technical Nostriches who want to help further decentralise the network.
Bitcoin/lightning/nostr relay, ready to plug in to power and Ethernet, available for free to anyone of sufficient reputation/internet.
Strengthen and decentralise the network whilst supporting people to upskill on the new digital economy of nostr and be full node participants.
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?
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.
You’re speaking my language!
#[6]
There is no simple fix, but we could improve the situation
#[3]
#[2] is there anything like this out there right now?
