I didn’t know what would happen — I just knew running my own node was the right thing to do.

When I started setting up my Bitcoin node, there wasn’t any hype or panic in the air. No “gold rush” headlines, no drama. I just felt it was something important — something I should do.

I believe decentralization only works when regular people take part in it. That’s why I built my setup: a full node running 24/7, and two humble Bitaxes mining directly against it. No pools, no trust, no shortcuts.

It took patience and a lot of trial and error, but now everything runs smoothly — fully independent, fully mine.

I’m not doing it for money. I’m doing it because Bitcoin’s strength depends on individuals like us who decide to verify, not trust.

Big players can hold coins. But the network survives because we run it.

This is my small contribution to true decentralization.