Brian Lockhart on Running a Bitcoin Full Node

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Location: Skype
Date: Monday, 26th August
Project: Casa
Role: Product Manager

Full nodes are fundamental to the security of the Bitcoin network by maintaining decentralisation and validating transactions and blocks by enforcing consensus rules.

While running a full node is an act ofin supporting the Bitcoin network, it also ensures that you are not trusting any third party. If a transaction breaks consensus rules, then your node will reject it, irrespective of what others nodes do. Further, running a full node offers increased privacy and safety.

So why do so few Bitcoiners run a full node?

Many either do not understand the benefits of running a full node and/or find it intimidating. While there are many useful online guides, most rely on at least some technical ability and not everyone has the inclination, hardware requirements or technical knowledge.

The difficulties mean many, understandably, opt to use a hardware wallet, lite wallet and even trust exchanges or custodial wallets to secure their Bitcoin.

It is hard to put a number on the number of nodes in operation, but certainly, the total amount is a long way off Luke Dashjr's target of 85% adoption.

How can more users be encouraged to run a full node?

Casa is one company trying to help by solving some of the friction points around education, design and user experience. Casa offers an out of the box, plug-and-play Bitcoin and Lightning node.

In this interview, I sit down with Brian Lockhart from Casa to talk about Bitcoin full nodes. We discuss why it is vital to the individual and for the Bitcoin community, and how Casa is working to make it easier for people to run a full node.

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Connect with Brian:
- On Twitter @BrianLockhart
- On Medium

Connect with Casa
- On Twitter @CasaHODL
- On Twitter @SatsApp
- On Crunchbase
- Their Website

Mentioned in the interview:
- Bitcoin Wiki
- Bitcoin Core
- Nodl
- Lightning LND
- C-lightning
- Sats App by Casa
- Raspberry Pi
- Electrum Wallet
- Zap Lightning Wallet
- Blue Wallet
- Ledger Hardware Wallet
- Trezor Hardware Wallet

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD130: Bitcoin is More Than a Financial System with Zac Prince & Jeremy Welch
- WBD117: Jeremy Welch on Why Bitcoin Changes Everything
- WBD109: Luke Dashjr on 300k Blocks and Full Nodes
- WBD107: Daniel Buchner on Why Microsoft is Building Decentralised IDs on Bitcoin
- WBD084: Amber Baldet on Surveillance Capitalism
- WBD051: Zac Prince on the Future of Banking With Bitcoin
- WBD40: Personal Privacy and Safety in the Surveillance Age with Jameson Lopp

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