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Raymond Durk

How to set up a node with Umbrel

There are multiple ways to build and run your own node. For the sake of making this simple for most people, I’ll walk you through how to do…

9 min readApr 11, 2022

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How to set up a node with Umbrel

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Raymond Durk

How to prevent being hacked and the fall out of data breaches

Single use emails, strong passwords, 2FA, and segregation of data.

15 min readApr 4, 2022

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How to prevent being hacked and the fall out of data breaches

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Raymond Durk

What to do with your Bitcoin and Lightning node

You listened to your favorite influencer or friend and finally set up a Bitcoin or Lightning node, now what?

6 min readJan 9, 2022

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What to do with your Bitcoin and Lightning node

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Raymond Durk

What is a mempool and how to use it

The mempool as a concept

18 min readNov 29, 2021

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What is a mempool and how to use it

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Raymond Durk

Bitcoin After Taproot

Taproot, Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade since Segwit in 2017, activated last night. It has taken years to get to this point but this upgrade…

10 min readNov 14, 2021

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Bitcoin After Taproot

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Raymond Durk

Bitcoin’s Eternal September

Every September in the 1980s until 1993, there was a culture clash among regular usenet users and nubes who were logging on for the first…

5 min readSep 12, 2021

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Bitcoin’s Eternal September

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Raymond Durk

How to protect your seed phrases for a hardware wallet or multisig.

I’ll start by saying, do what is right for you. This is written in a step by step manner that can be evolutionary. You don’t need to do…

26 min readApr 11, 2021

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Raymond Durk

How to set up a Ledger and connect it to a Bitcoin full node in Ledger Live

When you get your new device, you’ll see a device, a USB cable, three pieces of paper numbered 1–24, and some keyrings for a lanyard. Grab…

5 min readFeb 28, 2021

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How to set up a Ledger and connect it to a Bitcoin full node in Ledger Live

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Raymond Durk

How to set up a Trezor

If you have enough Bitcoin where you would be upset that it is lost in an exchange hack, get a hardware wallet. If you are buying some new…

13 min readJan 3, 2021

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How to set up a Trezor

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Raymond Durk

How to earn Bitcoin everyday with Fold

Fold is service that allows you to buy gift cards and gives you cash back on each purchase but pays you out in Bitcoin. You can buy gift…

5 min readNov 17, 2020

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How to earn Bitcoin everyday with Fold

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Raymond Durk

Raymond Durk

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