What is the difference amount these three:
- Participation Node
- Relay Node and Private Network
Is is possible to run a node with windows?
What is the difference amount these three:
A description of participation nodes and relay nodes is provided on https://algorand.foundation/network
Note that a participation node can in theory be a relay but this is highly discouraged for security reasons.
The notion of private networks is orthogonal to the notion of nodes. For details about networks, see https://developer.algorand.org/docs/networks
I don’t think Windows is officially supported. However, you can definitely run a node using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Ubuntu 18.04.