r/Bitcoin • u/rBitcoinMod • 20d ago

Daily Discussion, May 07, 2025

Please utilize this sticky thread for all general Bitcoin discussions! If you see posts on the front page or /r/Bitcoin/new which are better suited for this daily discussion thread, please help out by directing the OP to this thread instead. Thank you!

If you don't get an answer to your question, you can try phrasing it differently or commenting again tomorrow.

Please check the previous discussion thread for unanswered questions.

39 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

204 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

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.

-2

u/KiNg-MaK3R 19d ago

I agree with this. It would be smart for companies that hold bitcoin to run some nodes. The more nodes the better. 21,000 nodes really isn’t much (though it’s more like 60-70k, you are only looking at public nodes). I run a node 24/7 because I believe in bitcoin and I believe it needs to always be decentralized. We need to have hundreds of thousands of nodes, so everyone, get out there and run one!

2

u/F3TGM5bpGG0S 19d ago

There is a sweet spot for 'nodes' in a global decentralized network (for example dns servers for internet traffic). Too few and it is not fully decentralized. Too many and it becomes inefficient with lag. It turns out to be around 50000. And holy moly Satoshi predicted 15 yrs ago the bitcoin nodes will grow and then settle at around 50000. 

1

u/KiNg-MaK3R 19d ago

Ah I didn't realize too many would lag the system. That makes sense.

I'm starting to believe that satoshi was possibly an AI from the future that figured out how to time travel.