And as far as I know this is really the only alternate implementation that hasn't been completely abandoned, because it is too much of a pain in the ass to maintain an alternative. You are better of using and contributing your energy to core if you want it to function differently. Source: over 2 years ago

I personally run Bitcoin knots on Windows: https://github.com/bitcoinknots or https://bitcoinknots.org/. Source: over 2 years ago

There are also other implementations, like Bitcoin Knots for example, so it would be almost impossible to have a consensus between everyone. Source: over 3 years ago

Bitcoin Knots. This is maintained by one developer, luke-jr, and he's on reddit. Source: over 3 years ago

And if for some reason you just can't get bitcoin core, you can also try bitcoin knots which is basically a different implementation of bitcoin core. Here's a description of this project. Source: over 3 years ago

What I would want to have some company to make one device that would at the same time be: 1) router 2) smart tv (airplay, chromecast, miracast) 3) smart speaker 4) smart home gateway (matter) 5) wireless charging pad 6) private cloud (nextcloud) 7) private backup (removable nvm) 8) private vpn / dns / pihole / adguard 9) mini server Everything in a nice package and preconfigure and ideally modular (upgradable ssd,... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

Umbrel[0] maybe? I posted a list of related services here[1] as well, though most of them are cloud based. [0]: https://umbrel.com/ [1]: https://forum.indiebits.io/t/open-identities/500/12. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Have you checked out Umbrel[1]? You can self-host Umbrel on your own hardware[2] as well. I'm not sure if they allow for multiple nodes that can stay in sync. If (/once) they do, it'd solve for disasters / availability. [1]: https://umbrel.com [2]: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

I really thought this article was going to offer a solution, not just enumerate the problems. I'm already all too familiar with the problems. I like what Umbrel[0] is doing. They're essentially expecting that just like computing was able to move from centralized mainframes to homes, servers are poised to make the same migration. I think they really need to solve redundancy, though. If I'm to self-host... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

But there is: https://umbrel.com/ (except for hosting email which is not realistic anymore). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago