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Re: Is there any security risk of running a bitcoin node?
by
Jon_Hodl
on 29/12/2022, 23:53:52 UTC
Will my home network become a target for hackers if I run a bitcoin node or run bitcoin mining from devices in my home network?
The short answer is "yes but..."

The long answer is not if you run your node from behind Tor. I run a couple of nodes and they both run behind Tor (Umbrel and MyNode). I am not worried about anything being compromised since I don't run lightning nodes or anything. I only use my nodes to check the balances of my wallet addresses and some other stuff but I think at the very least it's a good idea to run all of your traffic through a VPN.

I would stat simple and then work your way into more complex node functionality like dealing with the command line and maybe even running a wallet out of it. Best of luck.