Does running a Bitcoin and Lightning node at home attract hackers? Why is security through obscurity not the best strategy? What is some general advice on securing your personal computer and home network? Are there full node starter kits? Could bitcoin nodes be cut off if ISPs blocked port 8333? How do nodes connect to each other? How could you route around censorship? Will Bitcoin evolve into a more stealthy and anonymous protocol?
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0:00 Does running a Bitcoin full node and / or a Lightning node at home attract hackers to my IP address and home network? Also, could it reveal my ownership of bitcoin and attract physical attacks?
Are pre-configured full node starter kits safe to use for non-technical people, or is this against the point of running a full node and thus non-technical people should abandon the idea?
4:52 Bitcoin full nodes listen, find, and connect to other nodes via port 8333. What does this mean from a security perspective?
7:40 Could ISPs block traffic along those ports? How would Bitcoin nodes find each other if we use different ports? Or have all these lessons been learned from the peer-to-peer torrenting community and we can just follow in their footsteps?
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Bitcoin, Lightning, and Streaming Money -
https://youtu.be/gF_ZQ_eijPsThe Internet of Money: Five Years Later -
https://youtu.be/6xIq0FdmsIAThe Lightning Network -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTurL4wU_y3jOhBi9rrpsYyiAdvanced Bitcoin Scripting, Part 1: Transactions and Multisig -
https://youtu.be/8FeAXjkmDcQAdvanced Bitcoin Scripting, Part 2: SegWit, Consensus, and Trustware -
https://youtu.be/pQbeBduVQ4IThe Lightning Network -
https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50ALightning's security model -
https://youtu.be/_GNsT_ufkecMisconceptions about the Lightning Network -
https://youtu.be/c4TjfaLgzj4Eltoo, and the early days of Lightning -
https://youtu.be/o6eFZ5aI9N0Lightning Network scaling -
https://youtu.be/4KiWkwo48k0Lightning Network interoperability -
https://youtu.be/1HYMWcJHGXcLightning Network game theory -
https://youtu.be/7if0DuTtozYAtomic swaps -
https://youtu.be/fNFBA2UmUmgRunning nodes and payment channels -
https://youtu.be/ndcfBfE_yoYWhat is Segregated Witness (SegWit)? -
https://youtu.be/dtOjjB4mD8kSegWit and fork research -
https://youtu.be/OorLoi01KEEAndreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.
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