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I'm talking to you about making a full node running on FreeBSD and I hope I'm in the right part.
The goal is to benefit the node for the network but also to understand the operation.
The more nodes there are, the more beneficial it is for the network and its users.
I have a lot of questions regarding this project.
Your advice and your experience are welcome.
You may find some questions ridiculous, but I count on your indulgence.
For this I need to proceed in stages.
Steps 1: installation and recovery of the blockchain
The node does not have a graphical interface, all done via CLI with ssh.
OS: FreeBSD 12.1
What I have already done currently:
- installation of bitcoin-daemon-0.20.1
- installation of bitcoin-utils-0.20.1
- opening of port 8333 to the node
- recovery of the blockchain about 332Gb
Then I stopped the knot because the primary objective had been reached.
When it restarts it will update the register and it will take less time to wait this time.
I use the https://bitnodes.io/ site to see the connection status.
Node part questions:
- Do I absolutely have to add a wallet to the node?
- If so, how to create it?
- How to secure it properly?
- How to connect from a client machine to the node?
Client part questions:
- What do you advise me as a client to connect to the node?
- I tried to use Bitcoin Core but it tries each time to retrieve the blockchain when it is already on my node?
Thank you so much
Yours truly.
