<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>sommerfeld wrote</title><author_name>sommerfeld (npub16r…kz5pl)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub16r0tl8a39hhcrapa03559xahsjqj4s0y6t2n5gpdk64v06jtgekqdkz5pl</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I&#39;ll say this as nicely as I can: it&#39;s not easy to run a bitcoin node in the sense that it&#39;s not that much easier than many other popular blockchains.&#xA;&#xA;From the moment you need:&#xA;* 1 TB of space&#xA;* &gt;12 hours for IBD&#xA;* Stable fast reliable internet&#xA;* decent always-on computer (phone or raspi won&#39;t cut it)&#xA;...you can&#39;t claim it&#39;s &#34;easy&#34;.&#xA;&#xA;It&#39;s something only passionate people will ever do, that&#39;s why there&#39;s at best 50k nodes.&#xA;&#xA;For this to change, we would need something like a lightweight node android app with optimizations such as ZeroSync and UTreeXO. It could even be integrated inside a wallet.</html></oembed>