I do not believe that Contabo sets up a bitcoin node for you though - I think you have to do that yourself, and that they only supply suitable hardware for it.
Why don't you believe? It's already shown that an image is already prepared for launch. I think it would be setup already, probably have to add something before it starts, maybe the blockchain is downloaded or something once they have launched your VPS.
It probs includes the bitcoin core daemon and client themselves, but I have never seen a VPS host automatically run software on your box when you boot it. The exception is Docker containers, but these are not Docker containers.
You would have to do that yourself. Ergo, that means you have you manually start Bitcoind to sync the node, which means that the nodes are not fully synced at boot if at all (besides do you really think the images are kept up to date with the current blocks and chainstate? That would be expensive for them to store that AND keep backups/snapshots of all the images daily.)
I understand where you are coming from. It definitely needs to be updated or launched then sync it manually. I'm just curious if somebody else here has done this. I might get some more information or something with this.
Since the cost does not include enough space for a full node how much does it cost to go to 1TB for storage?
It's not much work to do a quick pre-install of
BTC and then bill you at a profit for bandwidth overages and storage overages.
Remember, most if not all hosts give you X bandwidth and even if you are doing your initial sync from a local node to your local node and never touching the internet that bandwidth still counts against your monthly total.
If you have the bandwidth at home or wherever, I have been doing these for people:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7GKG3PZ/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_0?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aref=akpWrBFv5f&th=1take out the 512GB drive that comes with it and put in a 1TB. For under $250 you have a NEW machine that does not pull too much power that can more then then run a node + electrum server and a LN server if you want.
-Dave
It adds another $32, so it's going to be every month. I think it's better to have your route and have a mini PC instead. I haven't thought about that approach and planning to do a node and that LN server.
Is the mini PC you linked enough already? The 12th gen of Intel Alder Lake N100 is good already, right? What else can you do with it aside from being a node, electrum server, and LN server?
Those are some really cheap VPS, is the first time i read about Contabo, they have nice reviews in trust pilot, and I'm tempted now to get one VPS with them. I'm not sure if i will use it for running a BTC node, but other coins node could be a good option.
What type of nodes do you plan to run with this? I'm looking for something to do as well if ever I plan to run on a mini PC or VPS.
