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		thebiblelover7 on Jan 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Umbrel – A Personal Server for Everyone That is the main goal of the server. In my opinion, it is a pretty good idea to run a lightning node so that you help the network and "help yourself".

smoldesu on Jan 26, 2022 [–]

I have no use for operating a Bitcoin node, as far as I'm concerned it's a waste of resources and extra unnecessary attack surface. How are they able to justify that?

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