Running a node with a near 5 year old raspberry pi 4 and home miner from https://www.thesolomining.co/

I will always be running

Yes, as pleb ;)

Bitcoin mining has become a pretty daunting idea to do it for the coin itself; but I am trying to figure out how to do it if only to keep the process decentralized. I am a btc minnow just eating hand to mouth. Jesus says not worry about what I am gonna eat or drink or wear but to seek first the King...