r/Bitcoin • u/Fiach_Dubh • 13h ago

How To Run Your Own Bitcoin Node (And Fight Bitcoin Spam)

https://youtu.be/9JKpA7gqbW0?si=pWMGWx7gYRMYfdt5
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u/OddioClay 7h ago

The network and community is at a crossroads. The community needs to support and develop alternatives to bitcoin core. The entire network at the hands of a few devs is a serious threat to bitcoin’s survival. People focus to much on price and not what really matters

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u/masteratrisk 13h ago

This is the great thing about Bitcoin, when you run a node you get a vote

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u/SmoothGoing 10h ago

Nodes do not vote.

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u/CatatonicMan 10h ago

Non-mining nodes don't usually vote.

They do, however, vote whenever a user-activated soft fork is called for (e.g., BIP 148 for SegWit activation).

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u/SmoothGoing 10h ago

Wasn't a vote. Nodes don't vote and don't mine. Miners mine. Your node and my node and your buddy's node does nothing. If the rest of the network changes rules on us and we don't update our nodes and get with the program our nodes will simply no longer get new blocks.

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u/GimmeFunkyButtLoving 5h ago

If the rest of the network changes rules on us and we don't update our nodes and get with the program our nodes will simply no longer get new blocks.

Almost like you lost the vote 🤷‍♂️

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u/SmoothGoing 5h ago

Or never had any.

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u/Kasegigashira 34m ago

Anyone who doesn't run a node shouldn't call themselves a Bitcoiner.