After a couple of days of syncing, I've finally got my full node setup on a 1TB SSD. Feels pretty liberating to finally see the green power icon/switch on sparrow instead of the yellow public one. Granted I'm still using a CEX so the anonymity benefits of running a node are mute, it still feels pretty neat to be able to verify my own transactions, and even better I can verify others and help out the network! Aside from the information window with things like connections, block height, etc, etc. Is there any neat bits on Bitcoin Core to look at? Things like how many transactions my node has personally verified or anything?
Anyways, just wanted to share with you guys that I'm doing my part and we've got another full node online! I literally have no one else in my life that would A.) care, or B.) even know what I'm talking about.
Anyways, just wanted to share with you guys that I'm doing my part and we've got another full node online! I literally have no one else in my life that would A.) care, or B.) even know what I'm talking about.
Solo6R, it is great to see that you are only a jr member and already managed to run your one full node, especially when you use CEX and are not benefiting from any anonymity benefits, while many veteran members haven't done it yet. I honestly believe that this should serve as a great motivation for many members, new and old, in the forum.
Congratulations and thank you!
Hah, thanks. I've been DCA'ing into BTC since Dec '23, reading everything I can, and always looking for ways to get involved and/or contribute. Figured since I had an unused 1TB SSD laying around, I may as well give it a shot, and here I am. I have since configured both my node, and sparrow to use Tor/Onion, so I'm making some "progress" here I suppose. I'm not entirely sure what an Electrum server is yet, or how it'll benefit myself, or the network, but reading another reply on here I guess I'm about to head down that rabbithole as well. Cheers and thanks for the kind words!
