Yes, exactly! Literally anyone can spin up a node and join the network to participate in the future of finance. I have shared some revenue hints at times if you look carefully View quoted note → View quoted note →

Also a node can definitely be run in the cloud, many nodes do run on AWS or Hetzner for example

I tried running a Lightning node to earn sats about a year ago, but gave up after a while. It grew too big and locked up too much of my bitcoin. I shut it down and recently started again. Now mainly for my own good node, and if I earn enough fees to cover costs, I’m happy. I think it’s both fun and a way to contribute to decentralization. I also have a small core Lightning node just for incoming payments from Ocean from my miners (used to heat the apartment).

Perv