I’m now officially a “Node Runner”!
By running my own node, I help make the game:

More decentralized.
More secure.
More private (self-sufficient).
More efficient.
I don’t trust, I verify, hence more integrity.
More of the people, by the people.

Thx to everyone who helped me level up, including our conversation - nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe 🙏🏻 very grateful!
https://m.primal.net/KfDF.jpg


Onward 🫡


Now you have to use it! 😉


Welcome to the club. ⚡


Welcome to the jungle


Great post 👍


Congratulations, I know how this feels.  Nice!


We are the nodes 😎


Welcome to the club, may your node stay up without any issues, when nostr relay?


fuck U money


welcome in the real club 🙂 🫡


Well done. We need many more to join in.


Thanks for share 🫂


Cheers 🍻


Step by step 😅


Thx for having me 😅


Great to be here


I'm a bit of a novice here...am I beyond pulling this off or is there maybe a solid tutorial I could follow on YouTube or elsewhere? I'm interested just not sure how to move forward.


I guess that's a good starting point from  nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxdf8G0kzsUXSgv6TahOzg5mhNNprVKjM&si=YQc4wVadGabj8stV


Onward 🫡


and this (more high level about bitcoin) https://youtu.be/vc_7I6Fnqkk?si=b6sjueC9WMfn-rag


Thanks so much! I'm a huge fan of Jeff's work as well so I'll start studying up.

Appreciate your guidance here.


appreciated


which node did you choose to run?


🥳
https://m.primal.net/KfTU.jpg


Looks like the gif isn’t working 😕


Looks like Umbrel, so you can even run a lightning node with a few clicks and maybe start making some sats


At your service! 💜♾


Now open a few lightning channels and add a Bitaxe.


Thx! Glad to be in the community 🙏🏻💜


On my list!


I don’t think GIFs are working well yet…


Lol


If you just want a Bitcoin Node, it's really easy, just don't put any BTC on it (Bitcoin core has a built-in wallet) and you've got nothing to lose.

Hardest part was deciding what hardware to run it on (raspberry pi or a laptop/pc/cloud) and if I should use a service like Umbrel or build it from sourcecode myself (I chose the last one since it's just 3 lines of commands, but you have to configure tor as well, which was fine but only do that if you're not scared of command prompt 🙂)

conclusion: everyone can do it, let me know if you need help!


Here we go!


Nice job!


Appreciate that!


Great post 👍


Awesome!


Woohoo! 🥳 Exciting! What equipment did you go with? I’d love to follow your lead!


Great! Welcome to the club


Onward 🫡


Thanks!


nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct 💜


Ty


niiice. however. try figuring out a non-plug and play solution. I started with start9 and then finally was convinced the only truly sovereign node is running off your own linux. 🫡


to run a*


Awesome!! I recently joined the node running club this past week with a Pi5. 🫡


that's great Efrat - recently started running one myself and love how accessible it is to help network decentralization


Welcome fellow node runner 🤙


Take a look  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll as well!


 nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 made a solid video using  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll to run bitcoin core and other services. But yea, you can also just purchase a 1TB or 2TB SSD hard drive from best buy and download bitcoin core directly!

https://youtu.be/DKBJ3_3ZomU?feature=shared


Thx for having me!


Thank you - 🙏


StartOS is Linux...


I love my start9! but learning how to run terminal commands and maintaining your own node updates is more sovereign 💪

I'll always recommend start9 to a new plebian doe ❤