BTX NODE · BY EASYBTX

Run a BTX node.
Support the network.

Every full node makes BTX harder to censor and easier to trust. BTX Node turns "run a node" from an evening of terminal commands into one click — then sits quietly in your menu bar, doing its part.

Download for Mac — shipping soon Hear when it ships → @easyBTX

Apple Silicon first. No wallet, no mining, no account.

easyBTX Node running: READY status with block height, peers, uptime and disk usage

Compact mode: a small glowing light on the desktop

The whole app, or just the light: compact mode keeps a little glowing pulse on your desktop while the node works.

How to set it up, in 5 steps →

Why run a node?

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 — no trust in anyone else's server.

BTX is young

The network is small and growing. 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.

How it works

1

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.
2

It looks after itself

Close the window; the node keeps running in your menu bar. It can keep your Mac awake, start at login, and shows a calm live status: block height, peers, uptime, disk.
3

Stop anytime

One click stops the node cleanly. Your disk space is yours — the app shows exactly what the chain uses and can reclaim data the node no longer needs.

Ask your node anything about BTX

New in v0.2: tap the ? in the header and your node answers the questions people usually ask an explorer website — how far along the chain is, how much BTX exists so far, when the next halving lands, what fees look like, how hard mining is right now, and any block you point it at. Every answer carries a small pill naming the exact source, and the green dot means one thing: this came from your own verified copy of the chain, not from someone else's server.

Explorer mode

Want to look up old transactions? Turn on Explorer mode and your node builds a transaction index in the background — it keeps running while it builds, and the switch works both ways.

Optional wallet view

Off by default. Flip one switch in Settings, import the wallet file from the official BTX browser wallet, and your balance and history come from your own node — no explorer in the middle, nothing leaves your Mac.

Cleans up after itself

The app removes data the node no longer needs automatically, every time it starts — the same housekeeping habit the easyBTX miner is known for. No slow disk creep.

The honest part

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, not after, and can remove the chain data again in one click.
Bandwidth: a one-time ~450 MB snapshot download, then normal peer-to-peer traffic.
No rewards: BTX has no node incentive today. This one is for the network, not for a payout. If that changes, this app is where it will land first.
Your machine, your keys, your data: the wallet view ships switched off; if you turn it on, balances are read from your own node and nothing leaves your Mac except normal node traffic.

We measured the real cost on an ordinary Mac — about as much power as an LED bulb.

Built on proven parts

BTX Node runs the same node engine as the easyBTX miner — the code that has been starting, watching, and healing BTX nodes on real Macs since the chain's early days. Same fast-start, same careful shutdowns, same disk care. Two ways to take part: mine with the miner, or verify with the node — many people will do both.

Where this is going: this app is the foundation for future ways to support the network — and if the network ever rewards node operators, this app is where that lands first. No promises, just the plan. First: the best one-click node we can build.

Be one of the nodes

A chain is as strong as the people who verify it. We would love to see thousands of independent BTX nodes — and each one starts with a single person deciding theirs should exist.

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Run a BTX node.Support the network.