Assembling Your Umbrel Bitcoin Node in 30 Minutes! (Raspberry Pi)

[@Kung-Tech-Fu]

Geez! Thank you a million times over! I was lost and had the wrong concept. Thank you for spelling it out plain and simple and straight forward! Becoming a crypto master ain't easy but I'm determined, and thanks to people like you I know I can do it with your help. This video was like obi wan. It was my last hope!

[@IanMajor]

Thrilled to hear this helped! 🙏 It indeed is not easy, but the journey is well worth it. And remember - take your time and treat it as a process. We all started at zero. Enjoy using the force, Sensei...

[@cryptocloaks]

How did we miss you making this video! Great work and will definitely be using it to show people how to assemble!

[@fusion9619]

Today I found your channel and I've now spent a couple hours here, and now I just wanna say Thanks - you make really good tutorials, and I'm feeling much less intimidated by the complexity of this stuff now.

[@IanMajor]

Comments like these are why I make these videos 🙌 So glad to hear they're demystifying some of this! It's a process - take your time and enjoy the ride. Cheers

[@bluefuzecom]

Fantastic walk through! You made me realize that I really could do this. Thank you!

[@IanMajor]

You absolutely can do this Doug :) Comments like these are my favorite 💪

[@AustinMCraigDoesNeatStuff]

Awesome. Getting parts next week to do this myself. Thanks for the walk-through!

[@IanMajor]

Nice! It has been tough to get parts these days, so that's awesome to hear. Congrats on taking this step towards self-sovereignty 🤝 The organism that is bitcoin continues to spread...

[@AustinMCraigDoesNeatStuff]

@@IanMajor - I’m sure I spent >$100 more than “normal” for a Raspberry Pi, but I don’t really care. No guarantee prices are going down anytime soon, and gotta keep living. Time to get self-sovereign.

[@CapsLock33]

Thank you for explaining this. You the man!!!

[@IanMajor]

🙏

[@codywy5579]

You convinced me...I will do it

[@IanMajor]

🥳 You got this!

[@Bo_SH]

Great tutorial! Thank you for this making this video!

[@IanMajor]

Cheers Bo! Glad you enjoyed it

[@CryptoSimplifiedTutorials]

Great video mate! Legend!

[@IanMajor]

Appreciate that! 🙏

[@fabthegent3543]

How to set up the transaction fee on bitcoin node by using raspberry based on this video? Do you have to open channel with others? Does your Mempool actually depend on your home network or something else? Thank you for the content

[@IanMajor]

I'd recommend checking out the following two videos which build on this first one and address these questions and more :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3qudpuDg86UgcU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZndgWqcrcRmn9U

[@lionelverwilghen4718]

Hello, very good video! Where did you buy your case for the Raspberry Pi 4? Thanks !

[@IanMajor]

Got it from Cryptocloaks! www.cryptocloaks.com

[@lionelverwilghen4718]

@@IanMajorThanks !

[@Unaidedcoyote]

as soon as you said pleb i subscribed.

[@IanMajor]

It's a crime we can't share gifs here but you deserve nothing less c.tenor.com/qkY03OWbhWAAAAAM/my-man-denzel.gif

[@kirkD9349]

Do you use two wallets, one cold wallet for storage that never connects to uni; and a hot wallet for small transactions? This would protect against a fat finger losing everything from the first wallet.

[@IanMajor]

I'd personally split my long-term savings across multiple cold wallets to mitigate risk of having everything on one wallet. And then I'd use a hot wallet for everyday "spending money"

[@kirkD9349]

Do you recommend on Amazon buying the protection for each or any of the parts? Runs the bill up. Thanks.

[@IanMajor]

In my own experience I haven’t seen a need for it so I think you’re probably fine. If you do anything it’s probably the SSD

[@bjornlandia892]

great video once again!

[@kirkD9349]

The wallet on umbrel is completely separate from my wallet on Trezor, right? Thanks.

[@IanMajor]

That’s right - think of a bitcoin node really as a node and wallet in one, and that wallet is going to be separate from others that you use. With that said, you can connect your node to other wallets so that you’re not trusting someone else’s node to fetch information for you about the blockchain or to broadcast your transactions to the network

[@bluemorpho7778]

Will a 4GB Raspberry Pi work okay? The 8GB is pretty much impossible to find at most places that isn’t overpriced with the processor shortage. Even the 4GB version is hard to find now

[@IanMajor]

Yea it's crazy right now.. 4GB should be fine though and meets the minimum requirements for running a node.

[@bluemorpho7778]

@@IanMajor Seriously though, hoping the processor shortage starts to improve sometime soon hopefully. It’s been a pain in the ass looking for a Raspberry and PS5 haha. Good to know that a 4GB will work too, thanks a ton!

[@nawazsharifackbarally1128]

Can you do a video about the profitability of the raspory pi node

[@IanMajor]

Hey my friend - could you clarify a bit? The main goal of a node such as this isn't profit but rather the ability to validate and broadcast your own trxns to the Bitcoin network and also help promote decentralization of the system. Now of course with Umbrel you also get a LIghtning node which you could set up as a routing node and in theory make a little bit of profit - is that what you're referring to? Otherwise, you might be referring to Bitcoin miners which are a very different beast. I've done a video here you might want to check out regarding some profitability for miners: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ7Vh5eliLNmeLM Hope this helps!

[@Ludapiss]

I have a spare 2TB external HDD. Is it OK to use this instead of SSD?

[@IanMajor]

You can use a HDD though be aware the sync will likely be significant slower (potentially a couple weeks depending on different factors)

[@hearliam]

It's near impossible to get a Raspberry Pi 4! If you can they are so expensive. I can't wait to get my node up and running, but I think I'm going to have to wait, thanks for the great video.

[@IanMajor]

I've been hearing this from quite a few folks... there definitely are some alternative single-board computers (e.g. here www.zdnet.com/article/best-raspberry-pi-alternative/) but I'm not so sure what the potential compatibility would be. Technically you can run Umbrel on anything running Debian or Ubuntu (github.com/getumbrel/umbrel#installing-umbrel), but that would certainly require some more technical know-how. There are also pre-packaged nodes from myNode or CryptoCloaks or things like Nodl, but that will of course also be costly. I'm glad you found the video useful though! Your patience will be rewarded either way

[@kirkD9349]

I just bought raspberry pi4 for $55 on 12/1/23

[@MaDsKilLzSnapback]

How does one connect their wallet to the node? Its super complex with theese updates for a normal pleb.

[@IanMajor]

Great question. In the case of Umbrel, there's a tab on the Dashboard labeled "Connect Wallet" which provides step-by-step instructions for a wide range of commonly used wallets. For most other popular node implementations, you'll find something similar. With that said, I can appreciate there are a ton of wallets out there and maybe the answer is not always there. I'm hoping to do a video on this in the near future, but beyond the specifics of a particular wallet/node combination, the more general principle is that wallets should have some sort of "network" or "server" setting. Which boils down to: how is it reading data from the blockchain to produce accurate info for you about things like your balance? Said another way, which node are you using to query said data? By default, it's likely the wallet maker's node, but you should see some sort of field field where you can instead put in your node's onion address which in the case of Umbrel can be found in the Settings tab.

[@adambeedle]

Great video 👍

[@chbaisla]

My Umbrella Note's 100% synchronised is done. What should I do next because he is doing zero Satoshi show in my account. The channel is also not opening, because there is no balance in my account, so what should I do and how will the balance come? Plz helppppp 🙏🙏🙏

[@IanMajor]

Hey friend - you'll need to send btc to your main bitcoin wallet in Umbrel first. Then you can open channels with will draw liquidity from your main wallet.

[@iulianserban10]

your channel is great! unfortunately if you can't tell to the world the price of bitcoin tomorrow, the views are not amazing. :) ... nonetheless the info very helpful and easy to grasp. take care. keep up the good work!

[@IanMajor]

Haha, I've seen enough to know I'm incapable of doing so, but that doesn't seem to stop others from trying ;) Going for the long-term, slow growth strategy, and it seems to be attracting the type of community I most value so for that I am forever thankful. My sincere appreciation for the feedback, and I'm glad you found the content useful! 🍻

[@bluemorpho7778]

What would you need to do if you have a node setup and are moving somewhere else? What would the process be and would it mess everything up?

[@IanMajor]

Great question - if you're moving, your node should largely be fine and should pick up syncing the chain state where it last left off. Assuming you're using Umbrel OS, it should automatically restart when it gets plugged back in and gets connected to your new router. Be sure of course to write down your seed/recovery phrase in case something does go wrong and you need to restore any funds you have in your BTC wallet in Umbrel. If you have any lightning channels open, I would probably recommend closing those before you move esp. if you anticipate the node being offline for any reasonable length of time. If you do the above, you should be fine, though none of this is 100% fool-proof. Absolute WORST possible case, if things do for whatever reason mess up and you can't access your node, you could either try following the directions here community.getumbrel.com/t/how-to-set-a-static-ip-for-your-umbrel-machine/845 or alternatively just re-flash the OS (i.e. basically re-follow the steps in this video). Hope this helps!

[@bluemorpho7778]

@@IanMajor Super helpful Ian, thanks! Great detailed response. You’re definitely one of my favorite BTC channels and I know i’ve asked a lot of questions recently and appreciate your prompt and detailed responses, really helps out a lot

[@IanMajor]

@@bluemorpho7778 Always happy to help if I can :) And thanks for the kind words - very glad you're getting value out of the content!

[@nawazsharifackbarally1128]

Very nicr video

[@IanMajor]

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[@Btree33]

no https on umbrel?