Because @jpbliberty's SUFB token (which gives a share of the payout from the Class Action lawsuit against Facebook & Google's crypto ad ban) is on Hive-Engine, I'm very interested in running my own Hive-Engine node connecting to my own copy of the blockchain on my Hive Witness node.
Do I need to have my own API node to do this?
Where can I find proper instructions to setting up a Hive Engine node?
Its not enough to say that people could run their own Hive-Engine node.
There needs to be sufficiently detailed instructions as to how to do it.
You don't need a Hive API node, but it is ideal.
You can read this about setting up your own node. I can't vouch for how up to date it is.
https://github.com/harpagon210/steemsmartcontracts-wiki/blob/master/How-to-setup-a-Steem-Smart-Contracts-node.md