RE: OMotherHen's One-Click Script for easy node setup on a Linux VM! Support the backbone of your community! by spookypooky

Could you tell me in layman terms what this does for steemit? If it helps the network in a tangible way I'm sure myself and many others would be interested in chipping in, but right now I think many of us see a lot of technobabble and links and just sort of glaze over.. Cheers for the guide!

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@omotherhen · Jul 22 '16

Hi spookypooky!
Here's an in-depth explanation to nodes: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Full_node
Even though it's for bitcoin, its still very applicable to STEEM!
If I had to summarize it in a few sentences, nodes create the network for STEEM, with no nodes, no transactions/information could ever be relayed from one user to another. Just like with torrents, seeders = nodes. No seeders = no one benefits. More nodes = more robust network..

👍 spookypooky

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