Thanks for your answer.
I don't have any bitcoin directory on ~/.config/
Do I have to create it manually or should it already be created?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to run a node on my raspberry pi. I followed this simple guide: https://snapcraft.io/install/bitcoin-core/raspbian.
My raspberry uses a micro sd as main memory, so I have no enough space. I mounted an external disk with enough space to store all the data.
The question here is: how can I configure Core in order to use that external disk to save all the information?

Note that I don't have a GUI, I connect to my raspberry using ssh.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
SS

It's not about improving the core. You talked about launching an official mobile wallet, for example. That's what centralises the system.

I really think this is not a good idea, this would centralize a lot the ecosistem focusing on a simple "official" application. If that wallet is committed, there won't be too many alternatives, it would be catastrophic.
We definitely have to try to make things easier for inexperienced users but we have to find a way to do it in a decentralised way with open source projects where the whole community can participate.


Core wallet is not centralized but there's a lot of different versions running on the different nodes and that's important. You can check that here. E.g United States Nodes: https://bitnodes.io/nodes/?q=United%20States

Thanks for your reply.

Does this mean that you cannot check the balance of an address with Bitcoin Core and that the utility of connecting the hardware wallet to Bitcoin Core is to use that node to issue new transactions?

Hello everyone,

I am writing this looking for information about privacy in wallets.

It is known that the major closed source wallets use their own servers to provide information about the balance of addresses or to make new transactions.
I would like to know if some open source wallets like Electrum have their own servers to do that job or if they work with the public nodes of the bitcoin network.
I'm also interested to know if there are any hardware wallets that do that. If not, I would like to know if there is a way to check the balance of an address using the btc network and not a blockchain explorer, for example with some node calls running btc core.

Thank you all for taking the time to read!!!