Start an LLC for a Chainlink node business?

If you want to get all crazy on it you can create a Cooks Island trust that is owned by a Nevis LLC. You are the beneficiary of the trust and the manger of the LLC.
Or you can just create a delaware LLC and use some company to form it for you then be your agent. Your name isnt on public documents.
No one is going to really know you own the node unless you tell them. All that is much unneccesary IMO.

It would count as income.
Yes they have a way of tracking it, its all permanent on the blockchain.
Will they track down your shitty little 50k linklet node? Maybe not.
But not reporting it is fraud and tax evasion. A felony. There is no statute of limitations.
Do whatever you want, but if you got a big stack probably just pay your little cut and sleep well at night. You will be ok.

Linklet has and always will be under 400k link.

When you go to remit how do you explain that this income came from operating a node? What's the minimum information you have to provide to satisfy requirements while not drawing attention? Do you have to provide hashes of node transactions or some shit?

Linklet here. I’m trying to file my taxes through TurboTax, but they want to charge me $80 because of crypto. What’s the easiest way to do this? I’ve never done taxes manually before and don’t want to give a penny to the intuit jews. What should I do?

You don't need to worry about any of that shit if you'r legit.
Push came to shove, they would go what is this income.
You show an excel spreadsheet saying I got this link at this date, this is the USD value, this is the value I came up with.
If they go no, we don't believe you, which they won't you go ok here's my address, and these are the transactions I already showed you.
They will go ok and it will be over in 5 minutes.

Bitcoin.tax has a free plan, if you made over the allowed trade amounts you might have to buy the $20 plan.
It gives you the tax form you need to append to your main 1040 which turbo tax does for you.
If you need more help let me know

nevada and maybe delaware only