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Exactly this. A node sitting on your shelf keeping a copy of the full-history of all on-chain transactions doesn't do anyone any good just sitting there.

Is your wallet connected to it, or do you use some default 3rd party's node?

Do you use it for your own lightning wallet, or do you just use a custodian because it's easy?

Is your bitaxe connected to it for creating your own block templates, or are you just pointing it at a "solo" pool that creates them for you?

When you want to check the status of a pending transaction, do you pull up your own node's mempool explorer, or do you just go to mempool.space?

Run a node for YOU. It doesn't really provide benefit to anyone else, and doesn't provide you any benefit unless you actively use it.

Here to help anyone who wants to learn how.

Barkskin 6mo ago

I'm curious to learn, but i still feel resistance to get one. Reasons be, the technical stuff, but this I can learn. Others or that I like turning off my internet when I'm off to bed. I understand that that can be hard on the node when every morning it needs to update. And other reason is I live small and to hear some buzzing sounds of a ventilation... well, rather not. Ideal would be to have a space just this all.

So that be my hurdles i know of.. Still I see the point that running one makes the system more robust. Umbrell and star9 or on my radar. Looks nice and small.. Any other options? I imagine the tech keeps getting more user-friendly for tech-dumbies.

For mining I saw this cylinder type one. ..Heat...something is the name, that can filter and/or heat the air in the house.

What tutorials, education stuff would you recommend for me to get more acquainted with what I need to know.

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Dikaios1517 6mo ago

Start9 and Umbrel are both incredibly easy to get started with. I would lean toward Start9, personally. I have used both and I like my Umbrel as a media and Nextcloud server, but my Start9 more as a Bitcoin node.

You're right. Turning off the internet every night is not ideal for your node. It means it will be required to catch up to the most recent block every morning before you can do anything with it. What is the reason you turn your internet off? Would it be something where you could just turn off the wifi and have your node hard-lined in?

Nodes are really quiet. Not like miners at all. Even in a small space, you likely won't notice any fan noise from your node.

Using a miner for heat is a good deal, if you are already using electric heat. You get KYC-free sats and heat out of the deal. I have done this with an S9 converted to a space heater. It is NOT an efficient miner, but you don't need it to be, because you'd be paying for that energy to heat your space anyway.

As for where to go to learn how to get this all up and running, nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 has videos on all of the above, from setting up your nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll node, to connecting it to your wallet software of choice, to converting an S9 into a space heater, or just dabbling in mining using a Bitaxe connected to your own node for block templates. Ben breaks it all down and you will learn a TON about how Bitcoin works.