You Strengthen the Network
You can Vote on a fork/change
Privacy when you transact through your own node
Help Decentralise
Check the Hash rate
Check Transactions/fees on the Mempool
Open Lighting Channels to provide liquidity for the Lightning network,
Run a BTCPay server
Coinjoin your Coins
Even View Ordinals if that's your thing.
Plus more....
You Strengthen the Network You can Vote on a fork/change Privacy when you transact through your own node Help Decentralise Check the Hash rate Check Transactions/fees on the Mempool Open Lighting Channels to provide liquidity for the Lightning network, Run a BTCPay server Coinjoin your Coins Even View Ordinals if that's your thing. Plus more....