The previous section, §2.1: Setting Up a Bitcoin-Core VPS with Bitcoin Standup, presumed that you would be creating a full node on a VPS using a Linode Stackscript. However, you can actually create a Bitcoin-Core instance via any methodology of your choice and still follow along with the later steps of this tutorial.
Following are other setup methodologies that we are aware of:
- Compiling from Source. If you prefer to compile Bitcoin Core by hand, that's covered in Appendix 2.
- Using GordianNode-macOS. If you have a modern Mac, you can use Blockchain Commons' GordianNode app, powered by BitocinStandup, to install a full node on your Mac.
- Using Other Bitcoin Standup Scripts. Blockchain Commons also offers a version of the Linode script that you used that can be run from the command line on any Debian or Ubuntu machine. This tends to be the leading-edge script, which means that it's more likely to feature new functions, like Lightning installation.
- Setting Up a Bitcoin Node on AWS. @wolfmcnally has written a step-by-step tutorial for setting up Bitcoin-Core with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Setting Up a Bitcoin Node on a Raspberry Pi 3. Damian Mee explains how to set up a headless full node on a Raspberry Pi 3.
Unless you want to return to one of the other methodologies for creating a Bitcoin-Core node, you should:
- Move on to "bitcoin-cli" with Chapter Three: Understanding Your Bitcoin Setup.