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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