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A Bitcoin Core full node only takes 5GB of disk space to run, and 256MB of memory.
[0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/Bitcoin.org/pull/3624
The CA improperly revoked the certificate in response to a renewal request and back dated the revocation and are refusing to issue a new certificate (my understanding and that the CA now believes open source collaborations aren't eligible for code signing certs...)
The releases are still PGP signed by an official project key which has been in use for many years and is cross signed by many parties, as well as by another 16 parties that independent reproduced the binaries through the deterministic build process: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gitian.sigs/tree/master/0.21...
By comparison, the windows code signing provides relatively little security assurance. Not too dissimilar from the HTTPS used on the download site. It, like the https, does have the advantage that it is widely checked while many users don't bother checking the actual release signatures.
fees are hitting all-time highs
I just checked https://mempool.space
A low-priority transaction cost $2.36; medium is $4.39 and high is $7.48.
To put this into context: you can send $10,000 worth of BTC anywhere in the world in an hour for $2.36 right now.
A bank wire transfer for $10,000 is going to be at least $35; often it's more, depending on which country your sending to and if you have to use an intermediate bank to get to the bank you ultimately are attempting to reach.
It is definitely possible to run a lightning node using a pruned backend. The official implementation doesn't "support" it, but that is only because some additional thinking is required on the end user's part. It is really just a matter of implementing the code to instruct the backend to get the pruned, but still needed by lnd, transactions - and the work is happening:
Security needs work, functionality works. (disclaimer, I'm the responsibile professor)
[1] https://github.com/Tribler/trustchain-superapp#luxury-commun...