Running a node is one of the most exhilarating things you can do with your Bitcoin.

When people mention Bitcoin is a pet rock. They completely forget about those of us who protect the network’s consensus mechanism. 

There’s two elements to think about when it comes to running a node. You can run a bitcoin, corn note and start defending the decentralization of the network today. 

The minute you talk about lightning you jump from 2009 to 2018. You introduce wildly more code into the system. 

While at the same time, allowing the opportunity for others (free of charge) to transact within your opened lightning channels.

Using the hardest money on earth shouldn’t be easy. Using it instantaneously 
should be astronomically harder and riskier. And it is