Whoa! Seriously? Okay, so check this out—I've been running full nodes alongside mining rigs for years, and the practical trade-offs still surprise me. My instinct said that more bandwidth and a beefy SSD would solve most problems. Initially I thought that was all you'd need, but then reality—latency, block-relay policies, mempool churn, and neighbor peers—showed up and humbled that view. Here's the thing. Running a node that plays nicely with miners isn't just about horsepower; it's about choices, default behaviors, and a few small tweaks that make the network healthier and your own operations...