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NodeRunner2049
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Node Runner and Home Miner. Stacking sats for my family. Saved by the grace of God!
Wealth quickly gained will dwindle, But the wealth of the one who gathers it little by little will increase. Proverb 13:11
Stay based and orange-pilled.
Has anyone implemented something like this?
Proposal: Accepting Bitcoin Donations at ____ Church
Introduction
As part of our commitment to serving our community and enabling generosity through modern channels, we propose that ____ Church begin accepting Bitcoin donations. This option would complement our existing giving methods (cash, check, credit card) and provide additional ways for members and supporters, both local and global, to contribute to the mission of our church. 
Side by side comparison of a Core Node and a Knots Node:
The screenshots were taken at the same time from my personal node and mempool.space on Block 915311
Core Node is currently accepting transactions under 1 sat/vb as well as any non-monetary transactions like jpegs, inscriptions, runes, which are colloquially known as 'spam'.
Knots Node is running the stock configuration 1sat/vb minimum fee and datacarrier=42. This means that the transaction are predominately monetary in nature because the majority of the non-monetary transactions are filtered out.
Knots Node has 1,832 unconfirmed transactions that take up 3 MB. 
The Core Node has 134,665 unconfirmed transactions that take up 331 MB.
Core Node mempool, note the majority of the block is categorized as "data" aka non-monetary transactions aka spam. 
Knots Node mempool, note the significantly less amount of "data". (Looks like filters work after all!) 
This tells me that there is an order of magnitude more non-monetary (spam) transactions than monetary transactions happening on the bitcoin network right now.
As someone who wants to see bitcoin used as money, this concerns me. This is the primary reason that I elect to run a Knots Node that filters out non-monetary transactions. Hopefully this visual representation will help people understand the difference between the two types of nodes.
The Core Node has 134,665 unconfirmed transactions that take up 331 MB.
Core Node mempool, note the majority of the block is categorized as "data" aka non-monetary transactions aka spam.
Knots Node mempool, note the significantly less amount of "data". (Looks like filters work after all!)
This tells me that there is an order of magnitude more non-monetary (spam) transactions than monetary transactions happening on the bitcoin network right now.
As someone who wants to see bitcoin used as money, this concerns me. This is the primary reason that I elect to run a Knots Node that filters out non-monetary transactions. Hopefully this visual representation will help people understand the difference between the two types of nodes.
Taking the family to church, every Sunday until the end of my life.
Yesterday showed me that the people who want to take your guns will cheer when you are killed with a gun.
Life is too short and hell is too hot 😂 Happy Sunday!
Stacking sats: All the ways I'm currently passively adding to my stack.
1. Bitcoin miners generate around 2,400 sats/day
2. Part of my paycheck is automatically converted into sats through Strike
3. Using a credit card that allows me to get 'sats-back' on every purchase.
What other ways do you add to your stack?
