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Getting ready to setup up a Bitcoin node once I can find a highly coveted Raspberry Pi 4 without taking a loan for one . 
1. Would setting up mining rewards on a wallet on my own node afford me more privacy from snooping eyes ?
2. If I set up my S19 XP ASIC miner with a pool through a VPN, would that hinder my chances with block rewards ?
3. How important is internet speed and/or bandwidth in relation to block rewards and if so what are suggested upload/download speeds ?
Thanks,
Ron
1. Would setting up mining rewards on a wallet on my own node afford me more privacy from snooping eyes ?
2. If I set up my S19 XP ASIC miner with a pool through a VPN, would that hinder my chances with block rewards ?
3. How important is internet speed and/or bandwidth in relation to block rewards and if so what are suggested upload/download speeds ?
Thanks,
Ron
1. Yes, if you setup your own node, and you get a complete solo mining operation up and running, you would increase your privacy... Nobody would know you were the one that solved the block. Other nodes would just receive the block you relay to them, but they would have no way of really knowing you were the one that solved it in the first place.
2. I doubt it... Depending on the VPN... But i don't think it'll do you much harm.
3. If you setup your own solo mining operation, you might want to have decent connectivity to other nodes... You'll have to download a new block and verify it before you can start mining, if this process takes to long, you'll lose some valuable seconds each time a new block is found by someone else.