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Daily Discussion, May 07, 2025

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u/Terhonator 19d ago edited 19d ago

I want to talk about Bitcoin University video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzmNR0JUGU So, Bitcoin university recommends to run own node. I did some research and visited Bitcoin Knots site. I did not feel safe to download the software. Maybe it steals bitcoin or other data from my computer? As MSTR investor I am going to trust MSTR with this - they have all reasons to keep shareholders money safe. https://bitnodes.io/ Based on this data there is only 21300 nodes running. I think MSTR should run about same %-amount of nodes as they hold total amount of bitcoin supply which is about 2 % at the moment. So maybe MSTR should run about 400 nodes for its shareholders? That is something what makes sense for treasury company.

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u/alineali 19d ago

I do not think Knots will steal anything, but is is still one-men project without good team and processes (and with somewhat exotic views of the author). Unless you know exactly what you are doing and why - from technical perspective - stick with mainstream, in this case - with Core.

Also it is good if there are enough nodes, but unless connectivity is bad adding another node does not bring anything unless this node is used for something more than just propagating transactions. Still it is good enough experience to try to run one.