Agree 100%. As a non-coder if you can manage to setup a node and interact with the network it’s a great learning experience. You will understand more about Bitcoin than at least 95% of the people in the Bitcoin space. It’ll make it easier to defend Bitcoin against shitcoiners too. You will have “proof of work” knowledge to empower you. 

SatRat

Well put, that's precisely my experience as well.

benjamin

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The Rationale for Running a Full Node

I always tell people Running your own node really immerses you in the bitcoin experience, if you really want to know whats going down under the hood you have to run a node and when they see the things it can do, it does start to click for some, as nodes become more powerful and new protocols emerge it's only going to become more obvious