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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @SpaceHodler 16 Apr \ on: Why bitcoiners are so "in love" using Tor for their BTC LN nodes? bitcoin_beginners
I don't use a bundle, but my own setup using Ubuntu and Bitcoin Core.
Initially I enabled clearnet connections, but when I looked at the map of nodes and saw my house on it I decided to go tor-only.
Yes, Tor can be deanonymized, but that takes resources and I'm more worried about wrench attacks than the government going after me for running a node. It's a Bitcoin node, not a dark web marketplace.
A VPN costs money, I don't want to add liabilities, would rather stack more sats.
Connecting to the node from Sparrow takes a bit longer when it's over Tor, but I do it infrequently enough that it doesn't matter.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter 16 Apr
this is what i thought the reasoning was
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 16 Apr
Then just run a PRIVATE node. Why do you need to go public if you do not want to be public? Is not necessary that everybody in LN should be a public node. Private nodes are perfectly fine.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SpaceHodler 16 Apr
I only run Bitcoin Core. No LN node.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 16 Apr
Then is OK.
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