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Re: Starting a Bitcoin Node using a VPS
by
ranochigo
on 05/02/2024, 15:41:32 UTC
2 cores of what CPU? 3GB ram is a bit light but doable.
For under $70 a year it's not bad. If there is some sort of price guaranty. Do you want to be moving in 6 months because it's now $9.99 / month?
Have dealt with that a few times over the years.

Also, does that come with a dedicated public IP or are you behind a NAT?
If you are only going to be on TOR for the node it's not a big deal, if you want public access it's a different story.

Yeah, I can go dig around the site but I'm on mobile at the moment.

-Dave
The core count for a VPS is often misleading because it'll be shared and you're never really able to utilize it beyond your fair usage policy. 3GB ram is definitely doable if you're going headless with some additional parameters to limit RAM usage. VPSes usually come with dedicated IPs as well, because the demand for one behind NAT is pretty low for most use cases.

Not too sure about them, but generally you get what you pay for. If you're looking for performance and reliability, then be prepared to pay more. Or else, it seems fine to me.