Yes, I do plan to run my own node, but it seems like parsing my own blockchain data may be not the best way to go.
Running a full node will help you a lot in privacy because you can use Tor and broadcast your transaction with your own full node.
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Running a full node can help the Bitcoin network too because full nodes validate Bitcoin blocks. When you run a full node, you are contributing to Bitcoin network.
Live nodes:
https://bitnodes.io/To use blockchain data, you will have to do more tasks by yourself and sure it will take more time and efforts from you.