GM Nostr! Happy Monday!
Saw a post yesterday that showed that there are only 2,000 or so BTC nodes operating in the US.
And out of curiosity, I looked up on meshmap and saw there are about 1,500 #meshtastic nodes...(of course with far fewer users)
What this says to me is that we need to have more people running BTC nodes!
Seriously, it's neither hard, nor expensive. Grab a Raspberry Pi5, a 1TB SSD (min) and Umbrel and you're up and running...for about $125 or so.
Oh--and you'll need a cup of coffee while you plug it in! That's it!
#coffeechain
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Where is it Monday right now?
Drat...I certainly need another cup of coffee...totally screwed up the space time continuum today...
#coffeechain
There’s also 13,000+ nodes with No Location. Some of those are in the states as well I would think.
Wait, before you do anything. What’s the price of Bitcoin when you’re at?
Perhaps---but IMHO if you can afford a cold wallet, you can afford to run a node...and you should.
No excuses other than "letting soemone else do it"....Umbrel makes it just clicking a few buttons (same with setting up a Raspberry Pi)
If you can install an app on your phone, you can run an Umbrel node. Makes no sense to me to trumpet "self sovereignty" and not run a node.
All hat and no cattle...
I can't tell you--the whole time travel paradox thing you know... 😃
Everyone goes down the rabbit hole at their own pace. They won’t get there until they want it or need it.
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” –Isaac Asimov
They sell the pi 5 with 2, 4 or 8GB RAM. What is minimum to run a node ram wise?
Sounds like it’s higher and you want me to think it’s lower so I’ll sell and therefore lower the price. It must be huge!
I'm running 2, so I can vote twice.
Maybe, but I also think it's a commentary on modern society--all too many are "comfortable" letting "someone else do it"....
Indeed, and you can get zapped for it as well!!
They traded for convenience without understanding what they were giving away. It’s coming around, slowly. We plebs are helping, though! Keep up the good fight!
