Running a Bitcoin Node
What is a node?
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A Bitcoin node is how a user interacts with the bitcoin network. Any time there is a transaction, aka any time anything on bitcoin happens, it is broadcast through a node.
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Instead of trusting a company to do things for you, you should be interacting with bitcoin yourself as much as possible. You do that using a node. It is basically software that communicates with the bitcoin network. This is what is meant by “running your own node”.
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The reasons you want to do this are various and nuanced, and a little out of scope for this site. Check out the links to learn more.
Popular Node Implementations and Hardware
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Run A Node
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Run a Node by Purchasing Badass Specialized Hardware (or just run it on your own stuff)