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Let's say I run a node at home. Let's say I have a laptop from which I run a wallet only. I imagine I should be able tocan access my node from within or from outside my home LAN, whether it's a public node or not.

Mymy node - whetheris public or not - is connected like normal via P2P, and it's playing a role in decentralizing and distributing the network by keeping a copy of the blockchain and helping to keep other nodes current as well.

My node - when not public only, I presume - has been RPC-bound to its IP address, so it is listening for RPC calls. When home, my laptop runs monero-wallet-cli with --daemon-host My-node's-IP, and I don't think much of it because it works.

I I suppose the primary way to access my node from outside my home LAN - assuming it's not a public node - would be for me to poke a hole in my LAN's firewall (byvia VPN, usually) for me tunnel. In that case, I figure my privacy level is no different than if I accessed the node from within my home LAN.

But what if I have a public node? What if I access my own public node from a remote location and sync my wallet and make transfers? Does my privacy level change?

Let's say I run a node at home. Let's say I have a laptop from which I run a wallet only. I imagine I should be able to access my node from outside my home LAN, whether it's a public node or not.

My node - whether public or not - is connected like normal via P2P, and it's playing a role in decentralizing and distributing the network by keeping a copy of the blockchain and helping to keep other nodes current as well.

My node - when not public only, I presume - has been RPC-bound to its IP address, so it is listening for RPC calls. When home, my laptop runs monero-wallet-cli with --daemon-host My-node's-IP, and I don't think much of it because it works.

I suppose the primary way to access my node from outside my home LAN would be for me to poke a hole in my LAN's firewall (by VPN, usually) for me. In that case, I figure my privacy level is no different than if I accessed the node from my home LAN.

But what if I have a public node? What if I access my own public node from a remote location and sync my wallet and make transfers? Does my privacy level change?

Let's say I run a node at home. Let's say I have a laptop from which I run a wallet only. I can access my node from within or from outside my home LAN, whether my node is public or not. I suppose the primary way to access my node from outside my home LAN - assuming it's not a public node - would be for me to poke a hole in my LAN's firewall via VPN tunnel. In that case, I figure my privacy level is no different than if I accessed the node from within my home LAN.

But what if I have a public node? What if I access my own public node from a remote location and sync my wallet and make transfers? Does my privacy level change?

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To what extent does my potential level of privacy change by hosting a public node?

Let's say I run a node at home. Let's say I have a laptop from which I run a wallet only. I imagine I should be able to access my node from outside my home LAN, whether it's a public node or not.

My node - whether public or not - is connected like normal via P2P, and it's playing a role in decentralizing and distributing the network by keeping a copy of the blockchain and helping to keep other nodes current as well.

My node - when not public only, I presume - has been RPC-bound to its IP address, so it is listening for RPC calls. When home, my laptop runs monero-wallet-cli with --daemon-host My-node's-IP, and I don't think much of it because it works.

I suppose the primary way to access my node from outside my home LAN would be for me to poke a hole in my LAN's firewall (by VPN, usually) for me. In that case, I figure my privacy level is no different than if I accessed the node from my home LAN.

But what if I have a public node? What if I access my own public node from a remote location and sync my wallet and make transfers? Does my privacy level change?