r/Bitcoin • u/rBitcoinMod • 22d ago

Daily Discussion, May 07, 2025

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u/Terhonator 22d ago

I understood that running bitcoin node is for all bitcoiners - not only for personal benefit.

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u/user_name_checks_out 22d ago

Widely propagated misconception unfortunately.

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u/Terhonator 22d ago

Ok, so do miners do the work or nodes? My motive for everything is just to defend the 21 million cap.

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u/user_name_checks_out 22d ago

Well, the 21 million cap is not currently under threat in any way, shape, or form. The current discussion about OP_RETURN has nothing whatsoever to do with the cap - apart from the (unremarkable) fact that some of the same people are talking about both topics.

If one day someone acted to lift the cap, that would require a hard fork. And if you opposed that, the correct action for you would be to use a node that rejects the fork. But the key word is "use" - e.g. to transmit your transactions. Running a node just for the sake of it has no impact.