Umbrel: How To Run A Bitcoin Node - Parts, Assembly and Software Installation 

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Just set my node up from scratch after watching your video. I have zero computer knowhow. I appreciate it.

I had no idea. Wow. I almost bought a computer today at a box store. Thanks for putting this together.👌

best tutorial out there, thank you very much, I am planning to run my own node for the lightning network.

Now that's a beautiful looking node. We might be biased XD. Keep up the great work on how to videos!

This is really a great instructional video. I have a MacBook Pro, and I'm wanting to run a Bitcoin node. I want to use my Mac, of course, and I'm learning how to install Umbrel on my Mac. You are a HUGE help!

I finally did it. Setup my own Bitcoin Node. Thank you, Ben, for inspiring me to try this.

I am pretty clumsy with this kind of stuff, but nevertheless the tutorial was easy to follow and succeeded in my first attempt. The only thing extra I had to do was the connection of a fan included with the Arduino case I got. That was explained in its instructions manual. My Umbrel is already happily churning blocks.

Wow, that was an amazing tutorial, thank you so much! I am getting my raspberry pi very soon and I think I will give umbrel node a try :) I love how you explain it man

Great video. Looks like umbrel has updated their website since recording. There is now a great step by step slider on how to download and get onto microSD card. 👍👍

Hey Ben thanks for the tutorial. Just setup my node using your suggested hardware. It's working great, thanks!

I own a business and must run nodes. Being Guarded is key.🏧🏧

Excellent tutorial. Best I found as it explains everything I need to get my Pi-node up and running and get the most from it. Last few parts due in today.

Dude, thank you, wish i found your vid first, i followed some other channel which i won't name, and ran into all kinds of silly logistic issues. Noded atlast.

In the future, someone who watches this is gonna think, this man is using $1m for test transactions. Maybe 🤔

I'm ready, thanks for everything, greetings from Mexico !!!

Dude thank you so much for this. Total noob but full of zeal. Appreciate your wisdom!

Ah. I see this video is 3 years old. I bought a Coldcard after watching some Swan videos and I also have watched your video on how to use the Mark4. I'm going to stop watching this now that I know that it is 3 years old though. Your knowledge and intelligence are Very impressive. Your Teaching abilities.. not so much unfortunately. People like you who are very intelligent and intuitive tend to SKIP the small little details needed one by one to TEACH people who do not know what you know. Please take a course in teaching! Because you are doing important work and you need to be as good at teaching as you are at doing. Thank you.

Thank you, hands down the best video on hoe to setting up a full node with Umbrel. Thank you! Does it support ledger?

Starting now and thank you!

Very helpful video! Thanks. Question- do you have to download bitcoin core as well to able to use this?

Thanks. I will watch this video 10 more times. Noob

That shirt made me an instant fan

Great Vid! My good friend runs a bar and we are looking into how we can use BTCpay for a POS system. Any vids on this? we also plan to onboard other businesses in the community. Keep up the good work!

Umbrels updated alot since you posted this video. Can you do an update on the setup? I currently have 4 options to connect wallet p2p tor p2p local host rcp tor rpc local host Not sure which one to choose

So much excite! Very nice!

you make some great content that is very simple to follow, i really appreciate this

I love your T-shirt ... awesome

Great video thank you. Does running a node identify you hold btc over isp/ip address etc?

BEST, BEST , BEST tshirt in the whole world!!!!!

I know absolutely nothing about any of it but will do it just to help protect the only immutable thing ever created. Finally a sacrifice worth making! Sound money is back. Satoshi has struck the hour. Bitcoin forever.

Thanks for the info. I'm up and running.

excellent video tutorial, greatly appreciated. I was able to find all the parts to order on amazon to Puerto Rico thx to your links minus the following. Hard drive enclosure is not available to ship here, do you have any alternative solutions on where I can find it? Also how about a link to the cooling dual fan unit that goes inside the custom case? thanks

Thanks so much!! Very good instructions.

I'm surprised you can't manage your BTC wallet UTXOs on here (and possibly accounts) like with Sparrow. I wonder if they're working on that... Thanks for the video!

Im using a 1tb San disk SSD PLUS, do I still need to use an enclosure? It’s advertised as shock and vibration resistant. Thanks for the video.

Great video! Thanks for explaining Umbrel.

lmao his shirt

Hi Ben, great tutorials, thank you! MyNode and Umbrel both seem to be doing pretty much the same stuff. What's the pros and cons of each and which ones would you recommend to start with?

Subscribed. Who is Craig Wright?

Great video!

I just installed Raspberry OS using their installation imager. I noticed that Umbrel appears to be preinstalled. Is this the full Umbrel OS? Are there additional apps i.e. Bitcoin node yet to be installed? Thanks for your responses.

Looks like you have whole house DVR. Still using cable?

Thank you for the video. This seems a little complicated for me to install, as to my technical level. Is there a way to purchase the whole thing which it has already set up and ready to purchase? Thanks.

What I don’t understand is, you’re using umbrel on your pc, it even looks like everything was downloaded via your pc? So what exactly is the ras doing?

Help needed!! New to Lightning. I am not seeing a clear way to transfer bitcoin to my LND wallet on Umbrel. How is that done? I did send so my bitcoin wallet on the Umbrel but how to get it into the Lightning wallet on Umbrel?

Is there a certain internet speed connection I would need?

Hi Ben.... Set up Umbrel, all looks good, synced etc.... But when I try to send btc to it from some of my wallets (wirex and mycelium), it says ´this is not a valid address´ Any idea what the problem is? TY

I am trying to follow the instructions precisely but I am hung up on what you settled up with for the cooling. I have aluminum heat sinks to stick on the 3 chips but they may not be enough cooling. What do you recommend?

Is it better a passive solution or active cooling?

from what i understand umbrel has its own btc wallet so if i click bitcoin and click deposit im sending btc to my node or do i need to connect a wallet before sending anything to umbrel?

Is Umbrel free to use? Is it safe? and what would happen to my BTC if Umbrel closed down shop?

Just a Question… as I got one unused, will a Raspi 3B+ still do the work? Everywhere you read “no, the 4 is right” but. I wonder… got a 3B + (4GB) I should try it…is yours still online or working fast enough? Would be my first node so yeah, if itvworks as intended that’s enough for first. Thx

Is umbrel running on the raspberry pi or on your main computer? Or is the raspberry pi never connected to a monitor

Does it really worth buying The Bitcoin Machine?

Hi, awesome tutorial! What if the ssd gets full in the future? Do you keep it running 24x7 even when you travel or something? Thanks.

what are your thoughts on Umbrel versus myNode?

Thx for showing me this Ben... Im not so interest about a lightning node but just a regular node interests me. Do you recommend a particular wallet? Perhaps you mention it in the video as I havent watched the whole thing yet... If so I'll come back and change my comment.

23% into syncing the blockchain to my node and umbrel.local froze and is unresponsive. I try to reload but the page won’t load. Any suggestions on how to remedy this ?

Do you have any videos on node hardening for umbrel?

Great video, thanks. I have a laptop I have been think of turning into a node and possibly solo mining to it. Can I use Umbrel with a laptop and use its internal hard drive to store the blockchain? Also, is it possible to solo mine to an Umbrel node? I have some small asics that I use to play the bitcoin lotto...

Great video Ben

Is the disclaimer from Umbrel not unnerving to anyone else?

If i went on to purchase the Raspberry Pi400 would it still work? I see there is a shortage out there. Cant find a pi4 anywhere.. :/

MyNode vs Umbrel…. Thoughts?

Any way you could do a Samourai Whirlpool video Ben? Thanks man

Can the USBC Gen 2 version of the WAVLINK Hard Drive enclosure work with that same Western Digital Drive you linked or does it have to be the USB 3.0 version of the Hard Drive enclosure?

I think ima get the red Pallas shell :)

Hey Sessions, I just started the process, but didn't get a 24-word seed phrase, only the create password screen. Any ideas as to why?

Thanks Ben. Is this equivalent to a lightning node where I can get paid for routing/funding others' transactions?

Do I need to install any operating system on raspberry?

im assuming its worth it doing this in Canada, even with our energy pricing?

Is it true that you can make some sats running a node? I keep hearing this, but doing my own homework I can't find anything on it.

Have you hooked btc pay up to a website yet? I’m having trouble getting the pay in btc pay button to work on my webpages. How do I set up all the dns and server stuff as well.

Dumb question if I install Bitcoin Core, do I have to worry about theft from my sparrow wallet with integration?

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE LINKS TO THE ITEMS YOU HAVE USED SO WE CAN BUY THOSE, THANKS!!

Good Video

I don't have an internet router. Is there a way around this?

effectively this is a good guide ... effectively 😂

I noticed Umbrel is in Beta. Any risk of accessing umbrel site from personal laptop? Or is the risk strictly limited to the btc held in umbrell node wallet.

Hey Sessions, am I able to optimally run my bitcoin node with unbrel connecting a 2TB nvme SSD to my Raspberry Pi 4? Please help.

Umbrel went backwards for UI. Not sure how to find any URLs or how to connect to any wallets.

Sorry but what is the sd card for? Also you laptop has a card reader to get the software on the microsd card ?

Just a heads up the UI on Umberl has changed so the bit where you connect to Umbrel now looks a bit different

Thank you so much for this video. Very easy instructions. But where did you purchase the parts? Anywhere but amazon... And why do they have different prices for Raspberry Pi 4? Hope to hear from you. Do you have an updated video for Oct. 2021? Would love to see it. How does ledger x work with it?

what would you recommend as a cheaper alternative to the Blue NAND 1TB SSD?

Thanks for the video ...I must be daft but I cannot download the unbrel file? Where is it? you didnt show this on the video ...I have been all over the umbrel website

Can I use this node with Sparrow wallet?

This is crazy. After downloading Umbrel and the Blockchain. Nothing, absolutely nothing you said after that has helped me one tiny spec. Ughhhhhhh!!! Much has changed in the past 2 years.

So you don't need another app to check your IP address to input it into Umbrel any more like you did in myNode?

What’s the difference between the lightning wallet and the bitcoin wallet?

Hi BTC- I just saw you with Preston Pish podcast and I was blow away about running your own nose. So I subscribed to you channel and learn more about it. When can I get all the hardware parts to build my own node?

Hi, btc sessions, i have a question, is it advisable to install it with an external ssd?

After you "Shutdown" your umbrel how do I start it back up again?

Hi man, one question. If i link my mobile bluewallet (for example) to my umbrel node, do I have to create a channel (from bluewallet to my node) to route lightning transaction or is sufficient to insert my node ip and port in bluewallet and automatically it will route both btc and lightning transaction?

Very cool, thx !!

im on a tight budget. I have a Raspberry pi 3 B and a regular 1tb drive (no ssd). can i still do this? what are my limitations?

the wd blue ssd isn't compatible with linux,. how did you get it to work with your raspberry pi which runs a linux kernel? i have linux as my main os and it's not reading it.

can I do gettxoutsetinfo with Umbrel, like you can with MyNode?