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My new node is running Knots. It's fully accessible. https://primal.net/e/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqu7c5rph88qq4zqzaeh440swuvcds70zh5vrxmkv5w9zqhqc2dchqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3xamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsqg9kelm52ngn60xjxqd9l90ghhddjs4gjrsu4mnhpmz6hc7exn8mq58xapq7

22313 in the world

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I have 3 full #Bitcoin / #BTC nodes in 3 different countries. 💁‍♂️ Why are you only running one? 🤔 Be the change you want to see in the world. 🤙

I believe that doesn't include those running behind tor? Which includes all the Umbrels and start9s?

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14152 node from "unknow country" is a little concern too. Why would someone hide his IP just to run a node ?

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thats are the china ones :)

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Plenty of installation guides out there

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Perhaps read about me. I'm not super mobile anymore.

I think those are the 14000, perhaps. I asked grok what it takes to switch to tor and it seems fairly easy.

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To be more precise, it apparently does detect some tor nodes. But it tells me my tor node is unreachable. But I have 30 peers and lightning running on it and everything is completely fine. I believe it only shows visible nodes - so if you aren't accepting incoming connections, or you've reached your max number of connections, you'll be unreachable.

Mine keeps crashing

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Why should I run a node? What's the benefit to me for the effort? The answer seems less than clear.

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Increased on-chain transactional privacy. Education. Being a good community member. Assisting the network that is assisting you. Those sorts of things. Come join in, it makes you a true citizen of Bitcoin with a small but important vote in the future direction of the network if you actively select your node software/upgrades.

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It's how you vote in Bitcoin Consensus Protocol. Somebody tries to change the rules of Bitcoin and you don't agree? Your node will enforce the consensus rules you agree with. It gives you a voice on the protocol.

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i can not running node or relay , as it need to have my computer running 24/7 , the best solutions for me is to use subscription based nostr service like Primal to support them .

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What Hardware do you use exactly? Any additional harddrive etc.? And for setting it up you Need a Laptop etc?

Good question. Let's say you have your corn in cold-storage. You transact, send, receive, etc. Maybe you are a bitcoin treasury, maybe just someone that wants to not have your IP associated with your wallet. If you check a public node, your IP goes with that check and now someone knows you are associated with that wallet and what your IP is - admittedly almost as good as a physical address these days. If you check YOUR node, no one knows anything. If you run your node over TOR through a VPN with no logs, not even that. Also, you support consensus. You can also run a Nostr relay on your node. That is my next project. Lightning nodes can also be configured. I think that will be later, assuming I'm around.

I used a Nucbox, it is just a minipc. They are about $200 on Amazon. I'll link the one I got. You can evidently run one on Windows, but from what I read Linux is highly preferable. I knew absolutely nothing about Linux, although I admit I have been in a technical position as a developer, DBA, data architect, and I've run multiple windows based GPU mining rigs back when that was something worth trying. I started by asking Grok what I would need. Then I ordered a NucBox with enough drive space (1TB minimum) and decent RAM. I literally had Grok walk me through the whole thing and it was a very, very long discussion as I had many problems and had to repartition the windows drive and learn about Linux along the way. Hint: If you go this way, tell grok to give you one step at a time, otherwise he spits out the whole plan, you run into a problem on step 2 and the thread gets huge. This is what I bought. It has room for 4 NVME drives which is a huge amount of room. I have 59 incoming connections to my Node, which is kinda cool. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRYL8J7N

It doesn’t count tor nodes 🤙

This is my understanding: This count does include accessible TOR nodes, as indicated by the ".onion: +0.9%" in the protocol breakdown. This means 0.9% of the 22,313 nodes (approximately 201 nodes) are accessible via TOR. Maybe you mean private TOR nodes?

Does this statistic recognize tor nodes? If so I've got... More than one... Less than three.

Interesting, ok. Everyone I know runs a tor node so if that’s true, that number seems way too low. I feel like I know over 200 people running on tor.

This one shows 14k https://blossom.primal.net/d5dad926215f370f9a700a261e41a2a45f6827eb8d46e60f3e53f5e22fc34696.png

In fact, I think that is wrong, too. That is the growth in tor Nodes. So, yes all accessibly nodes are counter here and the TOR nodes are in the top group. Here are all nodes (accessible or not): https://blossom.primal.net/48214d1b1da5021a624e48ee3145534b647369dc84ccffe26b60329b438b8247.png and tor nodes: https://blossom.primal.net/18cdbbd7b332ab399a4cce80aae9dfb57af433a3d73429d14f3635dd4a698f9e.png The numbers don't quit sync, which bugs me as a data architect, but it isn't my data.

If you just want a basic node to send and validate transactions it doesn't need to be online 24/7. You can just get an SSD and intall bitcoin core via your desktop PC. You will need sync the chain every time you start the app, but you can do that in the background.

Those numbers seem more realistic

Why not? Cheap old laptop can be acquired basically anywhere for less than $140. Built-in battery backup and because it's a laptop you can run it on solar perpetually due to its meager power draw 🤓

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Why ?

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Nodes are critical! Run more than 1!😂

So agree .

devils advocate the only nodes that actually impact the network are economic nodes that you actually use to transact. Otherwise it’s really just a learning and fun tool.

These are nodes that have port 8333 (or their configured port) open to incoming connections. These are the ones that can be "seen" and counted by services like that website....tons of users run Bitcoin nodes behind firewalls, NAT, or Tor...they don't accept incoming connections and thus aren't easily counted by public scanning sites.

Number of nodes probably closer to 100k, certainly not all economic nodes though

node operators determine what Bitcoin is. that is to say: the consensus mechanism is held in the node software & by choosing which version of Bitcoin software to run on your node you are effectively placing your vote on which software is the real Bitcoin software no node, no vote

Running your own node is essential for privacy

Good reminder for me to get back into this My wife likes turning the WiFi off at night (after more research I definitely do too) so I kept restarting the raspberry pi that I had Good work Ps - although 20k sounds small in way, think about how hard it would be to actually find all of them, and delete them… impossible. So the network is very safe even at that number in my view. Pps - it’s probably a very good indicator for how early we truly are. Can there really only be 20k Bitcoin users that are very keen on sovereignty and tech savvy enough to run one? If so, bloody hell we’re ealry

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Yeah, I just read up about your medical experiences. 👀 I only run multiple nodes in multiple countries because I just happen to be a digital nomad, so it organically fits my lifestyle; I understand that not everyone has that ability. 🤷‍♂️ You can still run multiple nodes in a single location or adjacent neighborhood/town/region; redundancy is still a huge bonus in the event that one of your nodes goes down for any reason (power/hardware/disaster). 💁‍♂️ Bonus points if you VPN them to obfuscate their actual location. 🤙

Yes. They are in the unknown n/a part.

Hello millennial.

I'll test that theory if I get tor up. Seems easy, but the address knots had was not the one tor had no matter what grok and I tried. Maybe Wednesday I'll have time.

Grok is good. He can react to problems and remember paths and variables. I think walk though configuration videos are probably dying out already.

Many reasons. I'm getting mine configured. Had to back it out but I'll try again. In short, imagine driving down a street knowing which houses run nodes. Now imagine it in five to ten years at a $1,000,000.

It’s how you verify. Otherwise you don’t know what your wallet is connected to.

Exactly, if it’s connected to your wallet it has become an economic nodes.

Thanks. I may get there eventually (running a node) but my concern is that economic incentives (like for mining) are far more reliable for motivating people to behave well than asking folks to do things to be good citizens. Ideally we'd all want to be good citizens but I'd be far more confident about it all if there were economic incentives to run a node.

If I use a vpn with a public node, I still haven't revealed my IP address, have I? I think I will want to run a node eventually, if only for my own education, but until I plan to buy things directly with bitcoin, there doesn't seem to be a very pressing practical reason to do so. For now, I'm HODLing and educating myself.

Not a bad guess, my youngest sibling is a millennial. My mom took me to work with her regularly around the age of 8 and in lieu of a babysitter, she gave me a few bucks to go hang out at the bowling alley and then just wander around the school until she was done working. No helicopter parenting back then.

Some economic incentives to run a node would really help for there to be more, I would think. It seems a little troublesome that there aren't.

Nodes and mining used to be inseparable. With the advent of “hashing” with a pool, this thread is broken. Transactional privacy and full transactional sovereignty is great though.

First task: Set up your lightning wallet on Nostr.

I know. I need to wait until late July to do that but will then.