While @Start9 nodes make excellent Bitcoin nodes, they are also a great way to become more private and self-sovereign by self-hosting all kinds of apps and services—many of which are not even bitcoin related. See

Start9 Marketplace

Start9 Marketplace

Explore open source services offered by Start9 and the Start9 Community.

for a repository of easy-to-install apps. See

Serving Bitcoin – refurbished bitcoin nodes

for a refurbished node / home server.

There are a lot of benefits to running a refurbished StartOS DIY node. The best reason is that it is yours. - you own it - you decide what open source software and apps to install - you don’t require permission - you don’t pay a subscription - you are not the product - you are private, secure, and self sovereign

Serving Bitcoin – refurbished bitcoin nodes

Our refurbished bitcoin nodes come with the newer StartOS DIY v0.4.0 preinstalled. The smaller models (256 GB SSDs) are about $100. In addition to being a great pruned bitcoin node (a truncated blockchain history), they can also serve as a dedicated machine for AI agents or hosting a small LLM (local and private). Learn more about what AI apps are available as a one-click install: -

Start9 Marketplace

Start9 Marketplace

Explore open source services offered by Start9 and the Start9 Community.

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Serving Bitcoin – refurbished bitcoin nodes

We are pleased to support bitcoINdiana with their new website at

Merchants | bitcoINdiana

A map of merchants that accept Bitcoin.

They are serving bitcoin by bringing attention to Indiana Bitcoin Merchants and Meetups.

@RoboSats serves bitcoin. RoboSats is: - a P2P exchange for fiat and Lightning - GNU Affero General Public License - uses pseudonymous robot avatars - primarily facilitates non-custodial trading - is censorship-resistant, uses TOR - can be self-hosted on @start9labs & @umbrel

While we focus on building and selling refurbished bitcoin nodes, we also have a few Bitaxe miners. We adore the 256 Foundation and what they are doing to decentralize and open source bitcoin mining solutions. Today is their third Telehash fundraiser (https://dash.256f.org/). If you have a miner and wish to donate some hashpower to them today, point them to... - stratum+tcp://pool.256foundation.org:3333 - your_npub.bitaxe-1 One nice feature is that you can make your username your npub.

Primal v2.6.33 on iOS v18.7.2 crashes after about 12 seconds after opening. Are others also having issues? FYI: @primal #primal

Bitcoin meetup day is often the best day of each month. It’s so rewarding to meet and visit with other like minded peers to discuss ₿. If you have a nearby meetup, try to attend. We have two regulars who drive 1.5 hours most months. If you don’t have a nearby meetup, consider starting one. Pick a consistent time and location that you can reliably attend. Make all who attend feel welcome and included. Focus all discussions on bitcoin to not waste their time (it’s why they came).

Do you know what refurbished bitcoin nodes do differently than brand new nodes? Nothing. They still… - download new blocks every ~10 minutes - replicate 17-years of history to any other node that asks - keeps ₿ decentralized - keeps ₿ distributed