i used to run core, but im worried about the 2x fork and what that means
will the 2x take over existing BTC chain? or will there be separate chain for the 2x fork?
the chain that will be chosen as the dominatn one is that with the most nodes running up. So if you support Bitcoin Core you must run a Bitcoin Core node and accept and check transactions with it.
good luck
Yes. Take an old computer and run a node. Thousands of people should do that. Tens of thousands. Think it over.
Easier said than done my friend. Most people in third world countries have crappy and expensive internet bandwidth. I visited some of these places and most of their internet are capped and very slow. Some people in 1st world countries have no clue what these people have to deal with, to get the most basic internet access.
Someone should start a project to subsidize or to donate equipment to these countries to run their own nodes in those countries or we will end up with full nodes being centralized in 1st world countries.
Donate hardware seems to be a nice idea, in most third world countries the electricity is quite cheap so I guess it wont be a problem to have a device turned on all day long.
good luck
Most 1st world countries are dumping their older model mobile phone handsets onto third world countries in any way, so why not dump older computer hardware that can be repurposed to serve as full nodes? These computers are being destroyed and recycled, where it could have been used to run full nodes.
I have to disagree on the cheaper electricity statement. Not all third world countries have cheap and reliable electricity. I have visited some of these 3rd world cities and electricity was very unreliable and expensive. ^hmmmmm^
Well, I guess the term "cheap electricity" doesn't apply to all the third world countries. I can speak about Venezuela, cheap but unstable electricity is a fact.
It doesn't have to be a robust hardware to support the bitcoin core node network. You can donate Raspberry Pi's or Pine64's.