Hawk Tuah recently went viral for her rant about Bitcoiners not running their own nodes.
“Using a Bitcoin wallet without connecting it to your own node may seem convenient, but it comes at a significant cost to your privacy and security. Every transaction made through someone else’s node exposes your metadata, including your IP address and balances, which can be tracked, analyzed, and potentially exploited by corporations or state actors."
She adds, "By running your own node, you ensure that your activity remains private and that you’re directly contributing to the resilience and robustness of the entire Bitcoin network.” https://image.nostr.build/b8e1009d01c9049a9571ef654f067e7636f56b2a682106d6023d78d8650fc182.jpg
hell yeah - look who just went live in the umbrel app store!
if you're running a lightning node on your umbrel home server, it's time step up your game with Alby Hub 🐝
Alby Hub allows you to receive nostr zaps, payments to your @getAlby lightning address, and pair with any app that supports Nostr Wallet Connect — all fully self-custodial ⚡️
plus, Alby’s slick native mobile app connects directly to your node via nostr ✨
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not really, if you follow the update guide step by step, you should be good! feel free to jump on our community forum or discord if you need help at any step along the way 🤝
Introducing umbrelOS 1.1 with Terminal, the umbrelOS Beta Program, several enhancements, and bug fixes.
Terminal allows you to run custom commands in umbrelOS or within a specific app.
And with the umbrelOS Beta Program, you can opt in to receiving beta updates to gain early access to new features, and help us refine them.
Also new:
- Start, stop, and troubleshoot apps by right-clicking them.
- View an app’s update progress on its app icon on the home screen.
This update is rolling out now to Umbrel Home and Raspberry Pi users. Users on other devices - stay tuned! We’re on track to transition you from umbrelOS 0.5.x to the latest version this month.
https://video.nostr.build/3410eae9ddbcda00b9de9c2018d981bcca879b81d739ffe44bb2a56c5b11f6b8.mp4
It’s time to take back control.
Run your own home cloud, Bitcoin node, media server, VPN, and more. Ditch the cloud. Self-host everything.
And now do all that in an environment that's more stunning and performant than ever.
umbrelOS 1.0. Out now for Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5 and Umbrel Home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-vmmboobEM
aw so sorry to hear that!!! can you please contact us via the live chat on umbrel.com (purple chat icon on the bottom right)? we’ll do our best to look into it for you
The SSD in your home server is undoubtedly the most critical component. No matter what fails, it should never be your storage. Period.
That's why we work with the best of the best.
SSDs in the Umbrel Home are powered by Phison NVMe controller and SK Hynix NAND for maximum performance and endurance.
For the unaware, Phison's customers include Apple, Seagate, Crucial, etc, and SK Hynix is also the NAND supplier for Apple, Microsoft, Asus, Dell, etc.
That said, we still shouldn't rely on one SSD as the single point of failure. That's why backups are high up on our roadmap after umbrelOS 1.0. https://image.nostr.build/a45616fb32071d65eeb347365f3139accb0b43314002c42961b9e0bfe7089350.jpg
In case you're wondering how much more powerful the new Umbrel Home is vs Pi 4, the difference is in orders of magnitude:
- 100% Bitcoin node sync: 6x faster (in just ~6.5 hours)
- File compression: 9.5x faster
- Plex video transcoding: 3.8x faster
- LlamaGPT: 5x faster
Here’s a demo of LlamaGPT interference and generation happening locally on both the devices:
https://video.nostr.build/0e3b1c3ab8abcd17fcc9589dc6ed39f7db8bf1817d77b60e69e84c8d18f136e1.mp4
The wait is over.
Introducing umbrelOS 1.0, and the new, upgraded Umbrel Home.
umbrelOS 1.0 is a complete rebirth of umbrelOS, engineered from scratch for unparalleled stability, UX, and security.
Rolling out on March 18, 2024, for our Umbrel Home & Raspberry Pi users. And in April 2024 for our Ubuntu & Debian users.
The new Umbrel Home? It's supercharged with the new Intel N100 chip, a faster 16GB RAM and a 2TB SSD.
It's a powerhouse: 5x faster vs Raspberry Pi 4, 2x faster vs Raspberry Pi 5.
We're excited to introduce it at just $399 / €369 / £319.
Shipping worldwide starting today.
https://video.nostr.build/03796bba17f95803a374a62be016c9ff8f660f64586bfae42590fa71ffa09718.mp4
🔥 This Black Friday, bring the cloud to your home with an unprecedented discount on Umbrel Home:
🇺🇸 $499 → $379
🇪🇺 €449 → €349
🇬🇧 £399 → £299
🇨🇦 C$699 → C$499
🇯🇵 ¥74,900 → ¥57,900
🇦🇺 A$799 → A$579
🌍 ~25% off globally!
https://video.nostr.build/6acf561263dded36c0d6237f5244c88cacb3ae09131ff4a83fb364de33bbb64c.mp4
Buy → https://umbrel.com
▸ Store your files, photos & videos
▸ Run a #Bitcoin node
▸ Personal VPN
▸ Media streaming & downloads
Offer ends Cyber Monday, Nov 27, 11:59 PM PST.
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