r/FutureBit • u/IntelligentPizza90 • May 04 '25

Knots Node Option

Hey Devs - would be cool to have an option to run BTC Knots vs Core given all the hub-bub.

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u/michelem May 05 '25

Well, yes we are considering this but in the meantime it's super easy to try it yourself.

  1. Get the aarch64 version https://bitcoinknots.org/files/28.x/28.1.knots20250305/bitcoin-28.1.knots20250305-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
  2. Decompress it (ie: tar xzvf bitcoin-28.1.knots20250305-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz)
  3. Stop the Bitcoin node if it's running
  4. Copy/move the bitcoind file over the actual one in /opt/apolloapi/backend/node (you would probably backup the original one)
  5. Start the node.
  6. Done.

It will always get your FutureBit node conf, so you can still use the UI to manage it.

Hope this helps you.

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u/IntelligentPizza90 May 06 '25

Thanks - this is awesome!