Bitcoin Node Builder

Resources

Handy links for learning Bitcoin, running nodes, and exploring the Lightning Network.

📚 Learn Bitcoin

Bitcoin Whitepaper (by Satoshi Nakamoto) Jameson Lopp's Bitcoin Resources Bitcoin Developer Documentation Learn Me A Bitcoin

🛠️ Node Software

Bitcoin Core GitHub RaspiBolt RaspiBlitz Bitcoin Knots

📦 Node All-in-Ones

Umbrel Start9 myNode

🔩 Hardware

Raspberry Pi 5 Intel NUC ODROID Hardware PINE64 SBCs

⚡ Lightning Network

The Lightning Network LND (Lightning Network Daemon) Core Lightning Amboss (Lightning Network Explorer) LND Terminal Dashboard

📡 Network Tools

1ML (Lightning Network Explorer) Mempool.space (the main one, not mine) WhatToMine (Proof-of-Work data) Bitnodes (Node availability map)

💬 Community

Bitvocation Bitcointalk Forum Bitcoin Telegram Channel