I will begin recording the first build of the node series early next week. If you’ve built a PC before this will be either boring or a refresher for you.
If you haven’t, this will be a good start. It’s much easier than it looks.
If some of this equipment looks outdated, that’s because it is. There’s two reasons for this.
1. To show that nodes can and should run on older hardware. Lowering the barrier to entry. And helping cut down on E-waste.
2. It’s what I have on hand. And since I’m doing this completely at my own expense, I need to keep costs down everywhere I can.
I have enough equipment to demonstrate building about 6, maybe 7 nodes of varying difficulty/power.
It’ll take about a week to build, record and edit each one. To save sync time I may bootstrap the blockchain. Haven’t decided yet. I may not to show the difference in sync times between different builds. (Leaning towards that direction, after all, this will likely be what you experience.)
I will be uploading to YouTube, Rumble, X and possibly Primal/Nostr if it can handle the long videos. (Unsure)
So make sure you subscribe now and turn notifications on. It’ll help me gauge how many are interested.
Thank you all in advance. I love sharing my knowledge. And helping others grow with theirs. 😁
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At this point, I think the damage is done. knots adoption will continue to increase. And likely those who have switched will never switch back.
Decentralization wins.
Here for the fight.
Stayed for the revolution.
Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. A revolution written in code and connections.
Those who seek to derail that revolution will feel the effects.
For they are not arbitrary nor are they silent.
You don’t own dollars. You don’t own stocks. You don’t even own land.
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The Thermopylae of Bitcoin: Core vs Knots
In 480 BC, a narrow mountain pass called Thermopylae became the battleground where a small coalition of Greeks, led by 300 Spartans, made their stand against the Persian empire. Outnumbered but not outwilled, they held the line not to win, but to signal.
That battle wasn’t about immediate victory. It was about principle, resistance, and the long game.
Fast forward to Bitcoin.
Today, a different kind of stand is being made, not with spears, but with code.
A small but principled group of node operators, developers, and builders have chosen not to follow Bitcoin Core’s recent direction. They’ve aligned with Knots, with Ocean, with sovereignty.
They aren’t the majority.
But neither were the Spartans.
Bitcoin Core has increasingly chosen convenience over consent, centralization over signal filtering, and developer paternalism over node autonomy.
Knots and its allies represent a defiant minority saying:
“This far, no further.”
The node war is not about hash rate.
It’s not about flashy upgrades or VC narratives.
It’s about who governs Bitcoin. The miners, the developers, or the nodes.
Knots says: the users do.
Like Thermopylae, this stand may not immediately turn the tide.
But it sets a precedent.
It reminds the world that there are still those who will hold the line.
Not for power, but for principle.
In time, the message will spread.
Because the Spartans did fall, but their stand became a legend.
And it rallied a force that would eventually drive tyranny back into the sea.
Bitcoin doesn’t need leaders. It needs defenders.
And right now, those defenders are running Knots.
Hold the line with me.
Only the paranoid survive.
Core does not care about you unless you’re a miner.
“•predicting what transactions will be mined (for example for fee estimation or fee bumping, but it is also the basis for many DoS protection strategies inside of node software);
•speeding up block propagation for the transactions we expect to be mined. Reduced latency helps prevent large miners from gaining unfair advantages;
•helping miners learn about fee-paying transactions (so they do not need to rely on out-of-band transaction submission schemes that undermine mining decentralization).”
“While we recognize that this view isn’t held universally by all users and developers, it is our sincere belief that it is in the best interest of Bitcoin and its users, and we hope our users agree”
Bitcoin Core development and transaction relay policy was published on June 06, 2025 .
We definitely do not agree.
I will continue to run Knots. And advocate that you do too. If I fail in this endeavor, then so be it. But I will go down fighting.
Core does not care about you. Their intention is quite clear now. Help the miners at all costs. And your node is meaningless.
Link to the full publication below.
bitcoincore.org/en/2025/06/06/…
It needs to end.
Bitcoin only.
Bitcoin Spammers Working With The CCP?
https://blossom.primal.net/d29f914734c3f37c7cd6a5eea0d9bc00eb9dbd098c307dcde6d46d6b9971600d.mp4
Not surprised.
Taxation is theft.
We are Bitcoin.