15 sats \ 8 replies \ @NorthKoreanHostage 13 Jan 2023 \ on: Finally have Bitcoin Core running bitcoin
One of us. One of us.
I may not be where I should yet but seeing the number of transactions in the mempool and all the connections in the peers tab makes me tangibly feel part of something bigger than me.
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Any interaction with Bitcoin is interacting with something bigger than one's self.
That means, buying Bitcoin, holding Bitcoin, and talking about Bitcoin to nocoiners and precoiners alike.
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I very much agree. The last couple years have been a beautiful changing of the way I view the world. I have Bitcoin to thank for that. And Bitcoiners for writing guides, discussing philosophy, producing content, and building places like this to ask for guidance and share ideas along the way.
Cheers!
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Now just make sure to only buy BTC. Don't get fooled into buying any other type of crypto. Bitcoin only.
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Oh been there done that. BTC is my boomstick. And it's groovy.
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Klaatu barada nikto.
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A great feeling i had: linked my bitcoincore to sparrow wallet. Bought a hat from bitcoinhatguy...broadcasted the xaction from via my node and sparrow...then watched the transaction go into the mempool and get confirmed. Pretty wild feeling to xfer value between me and another person with no one in between.
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This is currently what I'm messing with. I'm having trouble getting Sparrow to connect to Bitcoin core though. I'm assuming it has to do with saving everything on an external hard drive and something to do with the .conf file. I'll have to mess around some more. But ideally I'll get that connected then be able to get my hardware wallet connected to sparrow. It's a process.
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