That moment that clicked when I realized Linux was decentralized just like Bitcoin. Awesome to hear this!!!
Star Labs has some really nice machines when you want to get even further away from surveillance tech, and they accept Bitcoin. Machines running Coreboot or Libreboot have an open source BIOS and disable Intel Management Engine which is essentially a black box that has root access to most of the computer. AMD has an equivalent. Some older models of Thinkpads can be flashed to replace the stock BIOS with Libreboot like an X230 or T480 or T480S. Open source secure, air gapped signer and network connected broadcaster?
Protectli makes Coreboot based routers, I think they would also make excellent nodes if you got one for that purpose. I wish they accepted Bitcoin.
On a Google Pixel you can run GrapheneOS, a security and privacy minded open source mobile OS that DeGoogles the Google device, mine comes today!
Sorry for the info dump but I get excited when I see someone discover privacy/security/decentralized/open source tech. You may know all or some of this or if not, some neat things to check out!
As a 10.5 year employee of Apple, I still love Apple, but I love freedom more.
I'm not giving up on Apple though. 😉