Configure Bitcoin Node » Advanced Considerations

Verify Software

Simple: Verify Signature

Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has a good guide titled How to securely install Bitcoin. It explains and steps through the process of ensuring your install of Bitcoin is secure and free of malware.

Complicated: Build from Source

TODO: add link

Run Node Over Tor

Jameson Lopp has a good guide on increasing the privacy of your node (as well as the Bitcoin network in general) by running your node over Tor:

https://blog.lopp.net/how-to-run-bitcoin-as-a-tor-hidden-service-on-ubuntu/

Guide to Deploying Node on AWS:

https://wolfmcnally.com/115/developer-notes-setting-up-a-bitcoin-node-on-aws/

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