Clearing Up Misconceptions About Full Nodes: Revision history

28 January 2020

• curprev 18:3518:35, 28 January 2020‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 10,481 bytes −45‎ →‎How to run a full node as your wallet: Update link to joinmarket

27 September 2018

• curprev 14:1614:16, 27 September 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 10,526 bytes 0‎ →‎How to run a full node as your wallet: typo
• curprev 14:0714:07, 27 September 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,526 bytes +4‎ →‎How to run a full node as your wallet: updated example to say greenaddress instead of multibit

22 September 2018

• curprev 10:2210:22, 22 September 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,522 bytes +31‎ →‎Myth: There are only about 5500 full nodes worldwide: put the link to luke's script in another subsection to avoid implying that it works using theymos' method

9 September 2018

• curprev 18:1518:15, 9 September 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 10,491 bytes +110‎ →‎How to run a full node as your wallet: added explicit link to electrum personal server

17 August 2018

• curprev 17:5317:53, 17 August 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,381 bytes +98‎ replace some bitcoin.org links to add more diversity and because of bitcoin.org's heavyweight new design

1 April 2018

• curprev 22:1122:11, 1 April 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 10,283 bytes +7‎ slight rewording for accuracy

16 March 2018

• curprev 15:2115:21, 16 March 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,276 bytes +295‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes so the network relies on altruism: added screenshot of a lightweight client showing a fake transaction

11 March 2018

• curprev 22:5622:56, 11 March 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 9,981 bytes +29‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes so the network relies on altruism: reworded sentence about digital gold and goldsmiths

16 January 2018

• curprev 15:5815:58, 16 January 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 9,952 bytes +1‎ →‎Myth: The number of these nodes matters and/or is too low.: punctuation

17 December 2017

• curprev 21:2721:27, 17 December 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 9,951 bytes +25‎ added to catagory educational

31 October 2017

• curprev 10:0910:09, 31 October 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 9,926 bytes +129‎ →‎Myth: There are only about 5500 full nodes worldwide: added link to luke's script

12 August 2017

• curprev 18:3818:38, 12 August 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,797 bytes −87‎ →‎Myth: Running a full node is not recommended, most people should use a lightweight client: removed the line about bitcoin 0.12 which was a long time ago
• curprev 18:2918:29, 12 August 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,884 bytes +2‎ renamed to remove the comma

9 July 2017

• curprev 19:2919:29, 9 July 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,882 bytes −7‎ →‎Myth: The number of these nodes matters and/or is too low.: reworded 'no double spending' for clarity

15 March 2017

• curprev 11:2411:24, 15 March 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,889 bytes 0‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes, the network relies on altruism: spelling mistake
• curprev 11:2311:23, 15 March 2017‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,889 bytes +221‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes, the network relies on altruism: added analogy about digital gold

28 July 2016

• curprev 14:3214:32, 28 July 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,668 bytes −304‎ →‎Myth: The number of these nodes matters and/or is too low.: edited as per discussion https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1534271.msg15707575#msg15707575

24 July 2016

• curprev 14:4514:45, 24 July 2016‎ Mmortal03 talk contribs‎ 9,972 bytes +385‎ →‎Myth: The number of these nodes matters and/or is too low.
• curprev 14:2814:28, 24 July 2016‎ Mmortal03 talk contribs‎ 9,587 bytes +2‎ →‎Trustless
• curprev 14:2314:23, 24 July 2016‎ Mmortal03 talk contribs‎ 9,585 bytes +4‎ →‎Myth: There are only about 5500 full nodes worldwide

10 July 2016

• curprev 16:5616:56, 10 July 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,581 bytes +95‎ →‎Further Reading: added link to bitcoin.org's article on validation

3 July 2016

• curprev 23:1523:15, 3 July 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 9,486 bytes −12‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes, the network relies on altruism: removed some words for readability

6 June 2016

• curprev 18:5018:50, 6 June 2016‎ Theymos talk contribs‎ m 9,498 bytes 0‎ →‎Very roughly estimating the total node count: Correction
• curprev 18:4718:47, 6 June 2016‎ Theymos talk contribs‎ 9,498 bytes +1,357‎ Added some current stats on estimated full nodes

29 May 2016

• curprev 20:3420:34, 29 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,141 bytes +51‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes, the network relies on altruism: added headers to the incentive myth for easier reading

25 May 2016

• curprev 20:4120:41, 25 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,090 bytes +6‎ →‎Myth: The number of nodes matters and/or is too low.

23 May 2016

• curprev 12:0612:06, 23 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,084 bytes −4‎ →‎Myth: Running a full node is not recommended, most people should use a lightweight client: changed link to 0.12 release notes

17 May 2016

• curprev 01:3701:37, 17 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,088 bytes 0‎ →‎Myth: I can just set up a node on a cloud server instance and leave it: punctuation

12 May 2016

• curprev 10:0810:08, 12 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,088 bytes −1‎ reworded for better direct linking

7 May 2016

• curprev 16:1616:16, 7 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,089 bytes +22‎ →‎Myth: There is no incentive to run nodes, the network relies on altruism: fixed links

6 May 2016

• curprev 19:2319:23, 6 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,067 bytes +116‎ →‎Further Reading: added reddit
• curprev 19:1819:18, 6 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 7,951 bytes +4‎ No edit summary
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• curprev 19:1619:16, 6 May 2016‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 8,024 bytes +8,024‎ Created page with "This article was written in March 2016 to clear up misconceptions common in the bitcoin community at the time. It's time to clear up some misconceptions floating around about..."