Run a node, support the network
LIVEEvery full node makes BTX harder to censor and easier to trust. BTX Node turns running one from an evening of terminal commands into one click, then sits quietly in your menu bar using about as much power as an LED bulb. No mining, no account, and the built in wallet ships switched off.
Why run a node?
BTX has no node payout today. People run one anyway, for three honest reasons. You can watch the network grow on the independent community node map.
Decentralization is people
A chain is only as independent as the number of people who verify it themselves. Your node checks every block against the rules, with no trust in anyone else's server.
BTX is young
The network is small and growing, so right now each additional node meaningfully strengthens it. This is the moment where one person still moves the needle.
Quietly useful
Your node relays blocks and transactions to other peers, helps new nodes bootstrap, and keeps an independent copy of the chain's history alive.
Download BTX Node
Pick your computer. Each build comes straight from the official GitHub releases and runs the official BTX v0.33.1 node engine inside. Only download from here or from GitHub, never from a copy someone sends you.
BTX Node v0.5.2 was current on 12 July 2026. The app keeps itself up to date, and GitHub always has the newest build.
Lives in the menu bar with a calm live status. About as much power as an LED bulb.
Node binaries built from the official v0.33.1 source and boot-tested before release.
One AppImage, nothing else to install. The .deb package ships alongside it.
Verify before you run it. BTX Node is an indie build, so your OS may warn on first run. Check the published checksums on the release page before opening it. Updates the app installs itself are signature verified.
A node in minutes
Three steps from download to verifying the chain yourself.
One click to set up
The app downloads a checksum-verified snapshot of the blockchain and starts a full node. Usable in minutes, not a day; the full history backfills in the background.
It looks after itself
It sits in your menu bar with a calm live status: block height, peers, uptime and disk. It can start at login, keep your computer awake, keep itself up to date and clean up data the node no longer needs.
Stop anytime
One click stops the node cleanly. The app shows exactly what the chain uses on disk and can reclaim the space again in one click.
What BTX Node does
Everything the shipped app actually gives you. No vaporware.
Ask your node
Supply, the next halving, fees, difficulty or any block: your node answers from your own verified copy of the chain, with the exact source named on every answer.
Optional wallet, off by default
Flip one switch to create a post quantum BTX wallet or import your .btxwallet file. Send and receive with balances read from your own node, never a public explorer.
Explorer mode
Turn it on and your node builds a transaction index in the background for looking up old transactions. The switch works both ways and the node keeps running while it builds.
Self-updating
The app checks for a new version, verifies its signature and installs it on the next relaunch, so you never hunt for a fresh build.
The honest part
What a full node really costs you, stated before you download.
Disk
A full node keeps every block. The chain currently measures about 105 GB and grows roughly 1 GB a day. The app warns you early and can remove the chain data again in one click.
Power
Measured on an ordinary Mac: about as much power as an LED bulb. No GPU load, no fans, no mining.
Bandwidth
A one time snapshot download of about 450 MB, then normal peer to peer traffic.
No rewards
BTX has no node incentive today. Running a node is for the network, not for a payout. If that ever changes, the app is where it will land first.
We measured the real cost on an ordinary Mac: about as much power as an LED bulb, and wrote up what one more node actually does for a young network. Nothing leaves your computer except normal node traffic.
Prefer the command line?
BTX Node wraps the official reference node. You can always build and run it from source instead, or take part by mining.