21 sats \ 4 replies \ @nullcount 22 Jun 2022 \ parent \ on: How would you get 21 million people to run Bitcoin Full Nodes? bitcoin
Additionally, just running a node isnt very helpful unless the node is ACTUALLY used:
- to verify your wallet balances
- to broadcast transactions
- to explore the mempools
- to enforce the protocol rules you prefer in the event of a hard/soft fork
Anytime you use bitcoin, you're using a node. Its either your node or someone else's.
So Education goes along with running a full node yet isn't this inherent in running a full node?
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I saw many "node runners" that don't know what is UTXO...
The learning process do not start by running a node, but by taking small steps, using regular wallets, reading a lot, testing the processes and after that when they have a basic knowledge is time to take the step to run a node.
I would recommend you to read these or share them with pre-coiners:
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/recommendations-for-ln-users
and
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/getting-started-ln
Just running a node without basic knowledge is not enough.
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Education goes with owning a firearm, yet it isn't required to own one (in the USA, at least)
While a single negligent node runner can't cause much damage (unlike with a firearm), if the vast majority of nodes are run by clueless operators, it can cause problems with consensus if, for example, they are persuaded to update to a malicious client (a la. Segwit2x) without understanding the ramifications.
The ability to run a node is open to anyone, but it comes with some level of responsibility.
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indeed
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