Bitcoin Q&A: Running Nodes and Payment Channels Video

Should more people run nodes? What is a pruned node? What are the costs? Why would a satellite connection be valuable to the network in terms reliability and censorship resistance? You should run a node on hardware you control in order to independently validate and broadcast transactions (especially your own).

Jack Mallers' Lightning wallet: http://zap.jackmallers.com/

Chapters
0:00 Should more people run a full node in light of the recent contentious hard fork and user-activated soft fork?
3:04 If you can do it, do it! It is a great experience. You will learn a lot about different aspects of the technology
4:39 Why is a satellite connection so valuable?
5:59 What would be the requirements for someone to host a Lightning Network payment channel? Will this proof-of-stake model make the rich richer?
8:15 Will this proof-of-stake model make the rich richer?

This was part of the first monthly live Patreon Q&A session on November 27th, 2017. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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