Run Your Own Bitcoin Node with Bitcoin Knots | Full Beginner’s Guide (2025)

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Take full control of your Bitcoin experience by running your own node!
In this step-by-step tutorial, I show you how to set up and run a Bitcoin Knots node—an advanced, privacy-focused alternative to Bitcoin Core. Whether you’re new to Bitcoin or looking to increase your sovereignty, this guide explains the how and why behind operating your own node.

🔧 What You’ll Learn:
• What Bitcoin Knots is and how it differs from Bitcoin Core
• Why running your own node matters for privacy and trust
• How to download, verify, and launch Bitcoin Knots
• How to connect a wallet to your node

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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:26 Bump
0:36 Why it's important to run a node
1:43 Downloading Bitcoin Knots and Verifying with Sparrow Wallet
4:18 Installing and running Bitcoin Knots
6:21 The Bitcoin Way
6:53 Bitcoin Knots Spam Filtering Tab
8:53 Setting up the Configuration File
10:02 Configuring Sparrow Wallet to your Node
11:41 Wrap

📚 Resources & links:
Bitcoin Knots: https://bitcoinknots.org/
Sparrow Wallet: https://sparrowwallet.com/

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