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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Is it profitable running Bitcoin core validator at home?
by
nc50lc
on 28/04/2021, 03:42:39 UTC
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What is this https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/? If I run this on windows 10 will Incentivized?
That is the Bitcoin's original client, it acts as a full node and a wallet. No, there's no incentive in a a form of coin rewards.

If you want mining rewards, you should be a miner instead, these are the examples of the "expensive hardware" kevin mentioned:
https://whattomine.com/miners check all "SHA-256" miners (under "Algo").
Their prices are in the manufacturer's page.