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Monero Node Hosting

Using someone else's Monero node leaks your wallet's queries to strangers. Run monerod on no-logs offshore hardware, connect your wallets over Tor or SSH, and stop outsourcing the last metre of Monero's privacy.

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Node requirements at a glance

Client software: monerod 0.18.x
Chain size: ≈ 270 GB
Recommended RAM: 4–8 GB
Recommended storage: 400 GB+ NVMe
Initial sync: 12–48 h
P2P port: 18080 P2P · 18081 RPC

No KYC

Crypto Only

No Logs

Unlimited bandwidth

Full Root

NVMe SSD

Blockchain infrastructure

Why Monero users run their own node

Monero's cryptography hides amounts and parties on-chain — but the node your wallet talks to still sees your IP, your refresh height and which outputs you ask about. Public remote nodes are run by volunteers, and occasionally by adversaries. Your own monerod closes that gap: the wallet scans against hardware you rent anonymously, transactions broadcast through Tor, and the chain data sits in a jurisdiction that doesn't do fishing expeditions. At ~270 GB it's the most affordable serious node on this site.

Wallet privacy, completed

Your seed never leaves your device — but your queries do. A personal node means nobody correlates your IP with your output requests.

Tor broadcast built in

monerod pushes outgoing transactions through Tor natively (tx-proxy). Your transactions enter the network with no origin IP.

Light enough for a VPS

270 GB full, ~100 GB pruned: VPS-L handles a pruned node, VPS-PRO a full public one. XMR-paid, naturally.

Serve the network, quietly

Open the restricted RPC and your box helps mobile users as a public remote node — or keep it firewalled to you alone.

Requirements

Hardware requirements — Monero

Realistic sizing for a mainnet node in 2026 — chain size, memory, disk and bandwidth. Based on what actually runs in production, not on minimum specs that stopped being true two years ago.

Client software	monerod 0.18.x
Chain size	≈ 270 GB
Growth per year	≈ 35 GB / year
Recommended RAM	4–8 GB
Recommended storage	400 GB+ NVMe
Initial sync	12–48 h
Prunable	✓ (~⅓ of full size)
P2P port	18080 P2P · 18081 RPC

Matched hardware

Recommended servers for Monero

Every plan ships with unlimited bandwidth, NVMe storage and full root access — the three things a node actually consumes. Deploy with a token, pay in the same coin your node secures.

Starter

VPS-L · VPS

AMD EPYC 7313P (6 vCPU)
16 GB DDR4 · 200 GB NVMe
1 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth

Pruned node (~100 GB) with fast sync — a personal wallet backend at pocket price.

From $17.00/mo Order

Recommended

VPS-PRO · VPS

AMD EPYC 9124 (16 vCPU)
64 GB DDR5 · 1 TB NVMe
2 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth

Full chain on 1 TB NVMe with years of growth headroom, 64 GB RAM, room for a public restricted-RPC service.

From $44.00/mo Order

Performance

DS-1 · Dedicated

Intel Xeon E-2388G (3.2 GHz) (8C / 16T)
64 GB DDR4 ECC · 2x 1TB NVMe
2 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth

Bare metal for the maximalist: full node + p2pool + Tor broadcast on ECC hardware, with your Bitcoin node next door.

From $48.50/mo Order

VPS-PRO — price by jurisdiction

Location	CPU	RAM	Storage	Uplink	Price
Moldova Budget Offshore	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9124	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$44.00/mo	Order
Russia Western-Proof	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9124	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$44.00/mo	Order
Panama No Data Retention	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9254	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$49.00/mo	Order
Romania Anti-Retention	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9254	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$49.00/mo	Order
Netherlands Best Peering	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9354	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$54.00/mo	Order
Iceland Free Speech Haven	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9454	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$58.50/mo	Order
Switzerland Premium Privacy	16 vCPU AMD EPYC 9474F (3.6 GHz)	64 GB DDR5	1 TB NVMe	2 Gbps	$58.50/mo	Order

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Deployment

Run a Monero node in 5 steps

From order to synced node. Commands are copy-paste ready for Ubuntu 24.04 — adapt paths if you run Debian or Rocky.

1

Order the box

VPS-PRO in Switzerland or Iceland fits Monero's ethos; Moldova keeps it cheapest.
2
Harden & install Tor

Key-only SSH, firewall open on 18080 (P2P) and optionally 18089 (restricted RPC), install Tor for the transaction proxy.
```
apt update && apt install -y tor
systemctl enable --now tor
```

Install monerod

Download the CLI bundle from getmonero.org, verify the signed hashes, install monerod.

wget https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/linux64 -O monero.tar.bz2
tar xjf monero.tar.bz2 && install -m 0755 monero-x86_64-linux-gnu-*/monerod /usr/local/bin/

Configure

Bind the restricted RPC, route transaction broadcast through Tor with tx-proxy, optionally enable pruning. Start detached and let it sync (12–48 h).

# ~/.bitmonero/bitmonero.conf
p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0
rpc-restricted-bind-ip=0.0.0.0
rpc-restricted-bind-port=18089
tx-proxy=tor,127.0.0.1:9050,10   # broadcast txs over Tor

5
Point your wallets at it

Feather, Monerujo (over Tor), Cake or the GUI: set your node — preferably its onion address — as the remote node and refresh privately from then on.
```
monerod --detach
monerod status
```

Monero node sizing

In mid-2026 the raw blockchain is ~270 GB and grows ~35 GB a year; pruning cuts storage to roughly a third while keeping full validation. RAM: monerod is comfortable at 4–8 GB. CPU barely matters after sync. What matters is disk latency (the LMDB database loves NVMe) and honest bandwidth: a public remote node serving mobile wallets pushes hundreds of GB monthly, which is why unmetered matters even for the smallest node on this site.

Private node or public remote node?

Firewalled to your own IPs (or Tor-only), the node is a pure personal backend: nobody knows it exists. Open the restricted RPC on 18089 and you're providing a public good — strangers' wallets refresh against you, seeing only what the restricted API allows. Both modes run on the same server; the difference is one firewall rule. If you serve the public, Iceland and Switzerland put your node under privacy-respecting law.

Tor, I2P and broadcast privacy

The tx-proxy flag sends your outgoing transactions through Tor or I2P, so the origin IP of a broadcast can't be tied to your server — let alone to you. Inbound, an onion service lets your mobile wallet reach the node without touching clearnet. Combined with an anonymously rented server there is no name anywhere in the chain: token → XMR payment → datacenter IP → Tor circuit.

p2pool and earning on the same box

A node is the prerequisite for p2pool — decentralized mining without trusting a pool operator. The spare cores on VPS-PRO or DS-1 run the p2pool software comfortably (real hashrate comes from your miners elsewhere). Plenty of operators run node + p2pool and pay the hosting from mining income — in XMR, on an XMR-paid server. Full circle.

FAQ

Monero node hosting FAQ

01 How big is the Monero blockchain and how fast does it grow?

About 270 GB unpruned in mid-2026, growing ~35 GB a year. A pruned node holds ~100 GB. Both validate fully — pruning only drops old data that other nodes can serve.

02 Pruned or full node?

Pruned for a personal wallet backend — identical security for you. Full if you want to serve historical blocks or run analysis. VPS-L handles pruned; VPS-PRO takes the full chain with headroom.

03 Can my phone wallet use my node?

Yes — Monerujo and Cake accept custom remote nodes, ideally your node's onion address (Monerujo pairs with Orbot natively). Refreshes stop leaking your IP to random public nodes.

04 Is it legal to host a Monero node?

Yes, in all our jurisdictions: a node relays a public network's data and holds no customer funds. Privacy coins face exchange delistings, not node prohibitions.

05 Should I open my node to the public?

If you have the bandwidth (we do), it strengthens the ecosystem — the restricted RPC is designed for exactly that exposure. Rate-limit with the built-in flags, keep the unrestricted RPC on localhost, and the risk is minimal.

06 Can I mine on the same server?

Run the p2pool node here and point external miners at it. CPU mining itself is rarely profitable on rented hardware, and on shared VPS tiers we care about neighbours — on dedicated tiers, your cores are yours to spend.

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Complete Monero's privacy loop

Your node, reachable over Tor, on hardware rented with a token and paid in XMR. From order to private refreshes in a day.