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I'll say this as nicely as I can: it's not easy to run a bitcoin node in the sense that it's not that much easier than many other popular blockchains.

From the moment you need:

* 1 TB of space

* >12 hours for IBD

* Stable fast reliable internet

* decent always-on computer (phone or raspi won't cut it)

...you can't claim it's "easy".

It's something only passionate people will ever do, that's why there's at best 50k nodes.

For this to change, we would need something like a lightweight node android app with optimizations such as ZeroSync and UTreeXO. It could even be integrated inside a wallet.

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tuco 1y ago

My 8Gb RAM rp4 with a 2T ssd is serving a bitcoin node, a monero node among other things. Also access to it via VPN and tor from anywhere (only the btc node so far). True you have to spend a bit polishing it but has been running since last October. And the OS is not even the fastest but solid rock (OpenBSD)

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