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"What's a Bitcoin full node? What privacy does & doesn't it offer? How can you easily & cheaply get started? Initial Block Download (IBD)? Security best practices? Are there any alternatives?"



TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

01:16 What is a Bitcoin full node?

04:10 Why does it provide more privacy?

06:17 How does it do this?

09:48 Initial Block Download

12:08 Best practices

15:24 How to easily get started?

18:14 Achieve better privacy



Show: https://bitcoinbasics.help/197

Proof of Recording: 10-SEP-2023 | $42,085 | 719,243

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