thejohnnycrypto on Nostr: i ran someone else's node for years without thinking about it. every time my wallet ...
i ran someone else's node for years without thinking about it. every time my wallet checked a balance, it was quietly telling a stranger's server which addresses were mine. standing up my own node fixed that in an afternoon. now my wallet asks my machine instead, and nobody gets a free map of my coins.
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2026-07-23 06:51:48 CESTEvent JSON
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"content": "i ran someone else's node for years without thinking about it. every time my wallet checked a balance, it was quietly telling a stranger's server which addresses were mine. standing up my own node fixed that in an afternoon. now my wallet asks my machine instead, and nobody gets a free map of my coins. https://blossom.primal.net/e549d51a435f8fdb89d9dff5bb190c49fd9e0589692446911763632bb5f42444.png ",
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