64 sats \ 0 replies \ @jarolrod OP 6 May 2023 \ parent \ on: Sorry! It’s just that you’re going to have to pay/ask permission to use Bitcoin bitcoin
your laptop wasn't free, but did you purchase the laptop for it to be a node? I assume not, you need devices in our world to work and to live. And those can also be a node. In that case, it's free to run a node and use bitcoin. There is no new added cost for you to run a node.