BTX.best has a new product category: nodes. It exists for one simple reason: every full node makes BTX harder to censor and easier to trust, and until now running one meant an evening of terminal commands.
One click, one LED bulb
BTX Node is a one-click full node app for Mac, Windows and Linux, built by easyBTX on the same engine that has been starting and healing nodes inside the miner since the chain's early days. It fast-starts from a checksum-verified snapshot, sits quietly in your menu bar with a calm live status, keeps itself up to date and cleans up disk the node no longer needs.
The honest costs are stated up front: about 105 GB of disk that grows roughly 1 GB a day, and about as much power as an LED bulb, measured on an ordinary Mac. There are no node rewards on BTX today. This one is for the network, not for a payout.
There is an optional post quantum wallet inside, switched off by default. Turn it on and your balances are answered by your own node, never a public explorer.
Why now
The network is young, and this is the moment where one more node still moves the needle. If you have a computer that is on anyway, you can be part of what keeps BTX independent. Downloads, the honest requirements and answers to the usual questions live on the new nodes page.
Also new on the portal
The exchanges page now lists its first exchange: btx.markets, an independent BTX trading venue where trades settle through on-chain escrow. As always: independent third party, not affiliated with easyBTX, not financial advice. Do your own research and never risk more than you can afford to lose.
The wallets page gained a third listing: the official BTX Wallet web wallet, straight from the BTX developers. It runs entirely in your browser and it is the most technical of the three, so read the page before you choose it.
And the articles page picked up five new easyBTX research pieces, including the node power measurements behind this launch, a full on-chain census of who holds BTX, and a close read of whether the MatMul proof of work does anything useful.