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1 sat \ 4 comments \ @teco 22 Aug 2022 bitcoin

Silly question maybe because most of the peeps here will login to their nodes to vote.
This question came up while surfing SN...

What is your level of investment with the network ?

I just use bitcoin all is well0.0%

I run my bitcoin node57.1%

I run my bitcoin and ln node14.3%

I provide liquidity for others14.3%

Work/profit involved14.3%

7 votes \ poll ended

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 22 Aug 2022

Fun fact: many bitcoin users still don't know that you can run a bitcoin node on a mobile device, in their mind running a node must be a RasPi machine or dedicated linux machine.
Is not...

Look into Blixt, SBW, Breez, Nayuta apps and have your own BTC/LN node in your pocket. And also more private.

https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/who-is-a-bitcoiner
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/darth-and-chewie
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/getting-started-ln
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @teco OP 22 Aug 2022

Hey @DarthCoin can you please elaborate ?

So you can run your own node and validate your txs right ? But, are you contributing to the network? I mean... can your node be awake 24/7 on a mobile phone without sucking your battery?
I am curious

110 sats \ 0 replies \ @teco OP 22 Aug 2022

Also aie aie. I had exactly 10 minutes to edit my validated-by-mistake poll. I couldn't cope with the stress of the timer @k00b 😅. Sorry for the poorly written choices.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 22 Aug 2022

But, are you contributing to the network?

That is kinda myth. The main goal of running a full node is to validate your OWN txs. After that is keeping decentralized the Bitcoin network.
You are not contributing too much if your full node is just sitting there and not seeding also to many other nodes.

can your node be awake 24/7 on a mobile phone without sucking your battery?

Yes. Look into how Neutrino works or lite nodes.
A good scenario is:

you have a full BTC node at home/office/whatever VPS running 24/7/365 just to provide you blocks through neutrino and electrum server. Nothing else. If you need more apps and solutions, you can run them on a separate machine and just use that node as you need.
to that full node you can connect all your LN node mobile devices (clearnet/IP/VPN/tailscale etc) and sync whenever you need the blocks.

A mobile LN node is a "private" node, it doesn't need to be online all the time, just when you need to do a payment and is using only "private"/unannounced channels.
Just for your personal use of BTC and LN is enough. You run your node in a private mode.

Read all my guides on https://darthcoin.substack.com and you will find out more.