Topic: Why do average people run full nodes - page 3. (Read 2452 times)
It's like their habit...they try to make it better for the "Bitcoin Community"
I know that it helps the ecosystem. It verifies transactions, keeps a full copy of the blockchain, etc...
But it consumes a lot of ram and CPU cycles.
Exactly what is the problem here? It doesn't use a lot of RAM nor CPU cycles for me.But it consumes a lot of ram and CPU cycles.
I actually hate it when I exit my client and have to start it up again.
There are people who just want to help the system.
This is because it does not consumes CPU cycles. Or simply they like doing it.
Really average people? 
They want to support the bitcoin network, and in the long run they will profit off it. If bitcoin gets a "better" network, it will be trusted more and it will become more valuable.
Well, I don't exactly know if additional full nodes will be a reason for the Bitcoin network to gain more trust for the regular people out there. I guess it's more a question of infrastructure and I still don't exactly know whether additional nodes do make the network that much better!
Because they can!
Actually many tech-savvy people do things not for profit but just because they can be done and are interesting from a technical perspective.
Onkel Paul
Actually many tech-savvy people do things not for profit but just because they can be done and are interesting from a technical perspective.
Onkel Paul
This. I had the chance to get a cheap VPS with enough RAM and a good enough connection and I just did it. I got to know several linux tools I didnt knew before, how easy upstart is and I am currently learning how to visualise information with rddtool.
They want to support the bitcoin network, and in the long run they will profit off it. If bitcoin gets a "better" network, it will be trusted more and it will become more valuable.
I don't think it consumes that many CPU cycles! Sure, it does consume them continuously, but merely verifying transactions isn't that processor consuming. I guess people like the idea of Bitcoin and like to be part of it, support it, and thus can also be proud of its success.
Because they can!
Actually many tech-savvy people do things not for profit but just because they can be done and are interesting from a technical perspective.
Onkel Paul
Actually many tech-savvy people do things not for profit but just because they can be done and are interesting from a technical perspective.
Onkel Paul
I know that it helps the ecosystem. It verifies transactions, keeps a full copy of the blockchain, etc...
But it consumes a lot of ram and CPU cycles.
But it consumes a lot of ram and CPU cycles.
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