Overview of Node Hosting Services

:warning: Warning: This post is out of date as of January 2024 and needs to be updated. Please DYOR for all services.

Interested in staking your POKT in a node but don’t have the time or know-how? Below are the available options to have your node operated by a third party.

If you don’t have enough POKT for the minimum node stake, you should consult this Overview of Pooling Services.

You can also compare node staking services on CompareStakingServices.

:warning: Warning: Use at your own risk. The appearance of third party descriptions and hyperlinks on this site does not constitute an endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation by Pocket Network, Inc., Pocket Network Foundation, or the Pocket DAO. Do conduct your own due diligence before deciding to use any third party services.

Supported Chains

Node Provider Chains
BlockSpaces Avalanche Mainnet, BSC Mainnet, Eth Mainnet, Eth Kovan, Eth Ropsten, Eth Goerli, Eth Archive, Fuse Mainnet, Harmony Shard 0, Pocket Mainnet, Polygon Mainnet, Polygon Archival, and xDai
C0D3R Harmony Shard 0, Eth Mainnet, Eth Kovan, Eth Ropsten, Eth Goerli, Avalanche Mainnet, Fuse Mainnet, and xDai
Chainflow
Chainstack Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, Binance Smart Chain Archival, DFKchain Subnet, Ethereum, Ethereum Archival, Ethereum Archival Trace, Ethereum Goerli, Ethereum Ropsten, Ethereum Rinkeby, Fantom, Gnosis Chain, Harmony Shard 0, Pocket Network, Polygon, Polygon Archival, Solana, Swimmer Network Mainnet
Easy2Stake Pocket Network, Fuse, Ethereum, Ethereum Archival, Ethereum Archival Trace, Ethereum Rinkeby, Binance Smart Chain, xDai, Harmony, Solana, Avax, Avax Archival, Ethereum Goerli, Ethereum Kovan, Polygon all available to start immediately.
Liquify Harmony Shard 0, Ethereum Mainnet, Fuse, Fuse Archival, Xdai and Binance Smart chain (additional available upon request) - all our nodes are behind high speed baremetal load balancers with redundant fail overs capable of >15kreq/s
NachoNodes Top 15 chains by rewards
NodeFolio Currently Active: Avalanche Mainnet, Eth Mainnet, Eth Kovan, Eth Ropsten, Eth Goerli, Fuse Mainnet, Harmony Shard 0, xDai. Nodes with specialized chains are available at request.
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Pricing

Node Provider Charge Revenue Share Minimum Nodes
BlockSpaces $45 USD/15k staked/month (pay in Fiat, BTC, ETH, USDC, or POKT) 0%
C0D3R $145 USD/Month or Rewards Share 0%
Chainflow ← Contact ?
Chainstack $325/mo/node on the Growth plan 0% 3
Easy2Stake two tiers of subscription Tier1 80 USD 20% cut fee from all chains. Tier2 240 USD and 0 cut fee. 0% 3
Liquify Multiple options available dependent on rev share and number of nodes please get in touch for the best price.
NachoNodes Revenue Share (no fiat) 40%
NodeFolio $80/month plus 21.5% reward share 21.5%
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Security

Node Provider Hardware
BlockSpaces Non-custodial, 2FA, multi-layer encryption, HashiCorp Key Vault.
C0D3R Two factor auth, only a very small core team has access to any of the keys or wallets, multiple layers of encryption, long and individualized passwords/certs for nodes. Automatic reward transfers to an offline wallet. Insurance-backed guarantee against theft and loss, for up to $10k per node.
Chainflow
Chainstack All sensitive materials are stored in Chainstack Vault powered by HashiCorp Vault and enterprise-grade encrypted storage provided by top cloud service providers. Multi-factor authentication, encryption in transit, and the principle of least privilege are applied to all systems.
Easy2Stake All infrastructure is monitored using proven solutions; Access restricted from internet on all nodes. Only production services can be accessed from internet
Liquify Founding member has over 10 years professional experience as a penetration tester/ cyber security engineer. All servers are locked down with restricted access via VPN only with 2FA and restricted IP. All infrastructure is hosted in Tier3/4 data centers with top level security. Full penetration tests of our network are scheduled for April.
NachoNodes Automated rewards transfers, insurance provided by Coincover (optional)
NodeFolio Multi-factor authentication (MFA). A small group of trusted directors maintains access to wallet masters. Funds are swept to offline wallets. All private keys are encrypted with RSA for improved internal/external security against maliscious actors
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Hardware

Node Provider Hardware
BlockSpaces 8 CPU, 16GB Memory, 300GB SSD Disk, dedicated virtual machine, global distribution across multiple cloud providers.
C0D3R Nodes run on 4 core, 8 GB machines with local RAID-5 HDD. 5 different geolocations to help make Pocket Network more distributed. They are pre-warmed before launch, so they are available for use immediately upon launch.
Chainflow
Chainstack 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 300GB SSD
Easy2Stake 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 240GB SSD
Liquify We host all our own equipment (no reliance on cloud infra) hosting in Finland, Germany, France and UK. Pocket nodes are run on state of the art servers (dual socket intel Platinum 8280 or AMD 7763) with 512gb+ ram and 16tb RAID 10 nvme storage all servers are provisioned with <40% total CPU usage.
NachoNodes Bare metal servers located around the globe in east/west
NodeFolio 8 CPU, 16GB Memory, 350GB SSD NVMe dedicated virtual machines operated on multiple cloud providers. Servers are co-located in various global datacenters to improve decentralization.
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Monitoring

Node Provider Notes
BlockSpaces New dashboard tracking rewards & relays per chain, Health-check monitoring with automated restart/resync.
C0D3R 10-minute interval, 26-point health checks for every node. Alerts warn if nodes start showing signs of health issues so we can take actions (e.g. restart pocket service) before issues grow.
Chainflow
Chainstack Mandatory health checks for all workloads, dashboards powered by Prometheus/Grafana, alerts powered by Alertmanager and Better Uptime. Status page.
Easy2Stake Easy2stake offers fully configured dashboard for real time / historical pocket node performance monitor & accounting
Liquify We have written our own in house tooling to keep on track of uptime and issues.
NachoNodes Real-time monitoring by Nacho core team.
NodeFolio 365/24/7 real-time, on-call analysis. Each node and supporting chain node is equipped with telemetry to provide immediate push-based notifications for system alerts. Each POKT validator is monitored for its validator health on a per-block basis. Automated cycling of the Pocket Service has been deployed to maintain a healthy node if the telemetry software detects any projected degradation of service.
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Reporting

Node Provider Notes
BlockSpaces Customer dashboard, powered by IBM® Cognos® Analytics, with realtime updates.
C0D3R Detailed reports on individual nodes as well as collective account. Similarly, detailed reports on Pocket Network Performance.
Chainflow
Chainstack Node status reporting and activity log
Easy2Stake See Monitoring
Liquify Weekly reports on earning can be sent by email or telegram bot to users along with a basic dashboard. A complete redesign of our dashboard will be coming in Q1 with much more indepth analytics.
NachoNodes Custom Grafana-based dashboards for users
NodeFolio Customized dashboard telemetry. Ability for node owners/managers to share views to subordinates on the site. Price integration official JAMSO OTC API endpoints. Automated snapshot emails of validator performance.
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Disclaimer: POKT node hosting services are not associated with Pocket Network, Inc., the Pocket DAO, nor the Pocket Foundation. There are fees associated with each node hosting service to help cover their costs and neither Pocket Network, Inc., the Pocket DAO, nor the Pocket Foundation receives any of these fees.

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I want to add C0D3R to the above list. Please contact me if you need more information while you are trying to pick a platform. I am happy to show you how C0D3R will give you a peace of mind, as well as a great price-performance value.

  • Nodes run on 4 core, 8 GB machines with local RAID-5 HDD. 5 different geolocations to help make Pocket Network more distributed. They are pre-warmed before launch, so they are available for use immediately upon launch.
  • 10-minute interval, 26-point health checks for every node. Alerts warn if nodes start showing signs of health issues so we can take actions (e.g. restart pocket service) before issues grow.
  • Automatic reward transfers to an offline wallet (safer, and pooled rewards can be used more efficiently to stake more, sell as bulk, etc.)
  • Very detailed reports on individual nodes as well as collective account. Similarly, detailed reports on Pocket Network Performance.
  • Strict security (two factor auth, keys kept in cold storage, geolocation-based login warnings, login history, etc.)
  • Modern, clean UI.
  • Price is $95 without any commission on earned tokens.
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Hey @bulutcambazi, I’ve added C0D3R to the list and added more sections for comparison. This is a wiki post so you have the power to update your descriptions if you wish; just click the orange edit button in the top right corner, then “Edit Wiki”.

Hello,

Easy 2 Stake is, for more than 2 years now, a trusted proof of stake provider for top cryptocurrency projects on the market.
We provide highly available and secure infrastructure for staked assets on our validating and working nodes. We ensure the highest security standards by mixing bare metal and virtual servers from reliable public cloud providers across different regions.

We are securing over 14m USD in assets delegated to our Validators across different PoS blockchains

Since we started these services, we always aimed at insuring the best course of action to fully cover the security of your funds, according to the technology available at each point.

We are happy to announce we’re taking these efforts one step further and launching a non-custodial solution for pocket network. The main advantage is that your funds will never leave your wallet and we will not have control over your keys.
For reliability & performance, we use our internal ETH Full nodes pool

Pricing: 80$/node/month/subscription based
Security: All infrastructure is monitored using proven solutions; Access restricted from internet on all nodes. Only production services can be accessed from internet
Hardware: 4 vCPU, 16GB Ram, 160GB NVMe
Monitoring/reporting:Easy2stake can provide, upon request/bonus, fully configured dashboard for real time / historical pocket node performance monitor & accounting

Connect with us on the following channels:

Website: https://www.easy2stake.com/
E-mail: contact@easy2stake.com
Telegram: Easy 2 Stake
Twitter: Easy 2 Stake

Thanks @Liviu.Easy.2.Stake, have added your info to the table :+1:

Chainstack is a leading managed blockchain services provider making it simple to launch and scale decentralized networks and applications. We’ve joined Pocket Network ecosystem as a trusted node provider to help build a more resilient Web3.

Supported chains

Avalanche, Avalanche Archival, Ethereum Mainnet, Ethereum Mainnet Archival, Ethereum Ropsten, Ethereum Rinkeby, Binance Smart Chain Mainnet, Binance Smart Chain Mainnet Archival, Harmony Shard 0, Pocket Network, Polygon Mainnet, Polygon Mainnet Archival, Solana

Pricing

  • $365/node/month on the Business plan
  • No revenue share for rewards
  • Minimum number of nodes to run is 5
  • Prepayment from 3 months, can be done in crypto

Security

All sensitive materials are stored in Chainstack Vault powered by HashiCorp Vault and enterprise-grade encrypted storage provided by top cloud service providers. Multi-factor authentication, encryption in transit, and the principle of least privilege are applied to all systems.

Hardware

Dynamic resource allocation, baseline is 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 400GB SSD storage

Monitoring

Mandatory health checks for all workloads, dashboards powered by Prometheus/Grafana, alerts powered by Alertmanager and Better Uptime. Status page.

Reporting

Node status reporting and activity log


Deploy Pocket nodes on Chainstack: Pocket Network | Chainstack
Contact us: Contact Us | Chainstack
Customer support: Chainstack Support

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Added!

Welcome and thanks for your continued support as we grow

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nasıl iletişim kurabiliriz, servisiniz türkiyede mi

Hello! Is it possible to add GetBlock.io to the list of node service providers?

Hey Olivia, is GetBlock providing a Pocket node service? If so, please fill out the descriptions listed in the doc above and I’ll add it for you.

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poktpool

Supported Chains: All

Pricing
$7/day/node & 5% of rewards

Website:
https://poktpool.com/

Tracking System:
https://stats.poktpool.com/

Overview:
poktpool is POKT’s first fractional staking pool with no minimum POKT needed & weekly compounding! The minimum POKT needed to spin up a node is 15,375 POKT. poktpool allows various individuals to contribute any amount of POKT to sum 15,375 in order to earn rewards on their POKT balance. The POKT ecosystem thrives off of node-runners. The maximum utilization of all POKT via node-running not only benefits the POKT ecosystem, but financially rewards you as a POKT holder… even if your stake is less than the required node-running minimum! Various third party node-running services have a 5-node minimum. Even if you do have enough POKT for 1 node, it may be impossible to spin up a node in a timely fashion. poktpool aggregates enough POKT to hit all minimums on a weekly basis. A single node may take months to earn enough rewards to spin up a new node. In the pool, you can utilize your compounding incremental accrued rewards to spin up a new collective node, earning rewards on your rewards! POKT relays are pseudorandom. The more nodes you have, the closer to the average rewards you will achieve. By pooling your POKT with others, you should see steadier rewards than if you ran your own individual node.

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Hi, all! Nodefolio, at nodefolio.io, a Jamso Financial Group, LLC-owned node running service to help users build out their node reward passive income portfolios, would like approval to be added to the list! We are directly associated with JAMSO OTC, a trusted community-vetted OTC service, so we hope to help the community in this regard too! Our information is as follows:

Supported Chains

Currently Active: Avalanche Mainnet, Eth Mainnet, Eth Kovan, Eth Ropsten, Eth Goerli, Fuse Mainnet, Harmony Shard 0, xDai. Nodes with specialized chains are available at request.

Pricing

Revenue Share 25%

SECURITY

Multi-factor authentication (MFA)

A small group of trusted directors maintains access to wallet masters

Funds are swept to offline wallets

All private keys are encrypted with RSA for improved internal/external security against maliscious actors

HARDWARE

8 CPU, 16GB Memory, 350GB SSD NVMe dedicated virtual machines operated on multiple cloud providers. Servers are co-located in various global datacenters to improve decentralization.

MONITORING

365/24/7 real-time, on-call analysis.

Each node and supporting chain node is equipped with telemetry to provide immediate push-based notifications for system alerts. Each POKT validator is monitored for its validator health on a per-block basis.

Automated cycling of the Pocket Service has been deployed to maintain a healthy node if the telemetry software detects any projected degradation of service.

REPORTING

Customized dashboard telemetry. Ability for node owners/managers to share views to subordinates on the site. Price integration official JAMSO OTC API endpoints. Automated snapshot emails of validator performance.

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This scares the heck out of me. Most of these services only communicate via telegram, so no phone, address, etc. Then I was told from the ones I could contact that I have to send my pokt tokens to their wallet that they set up. So we have no control and send $$ to someone we met on telegram. Shady as F! Would you really give $$ to someone you never met and trust them with it?

Feel free to ask in Telegram/Discord about the experience of other community members.

Would love to get liquify https://liquify.info/ on the list. We are an infrastructure as a service provider with a proven track record of deploying infra at scale. We currently cater for larger institutional investors and run over 1000 nodes but are opening up to smaller node runners.

Supported chains: Harmony Shard 0, Ethereum Mainnet, Fuse, Fuse Archival, Xdai and Binance Smart chain (additional available upon request) - all our nodes are behind high speed baremetal load balancers with redundant fail overs capable of >15kreq/s

Pricing: multiple options available dependent on rev share and number of nodes please get in touch for the best price.

Security: Founding member has over 10 years professional experience as a penetration tester/ cyber security engineer. All servers are locked down with restricted access via VPN only with 2FA and restricted IP. All infrastructure is hosted in Tier3/4 data centers with top level security. Full penetration tests of our network are scheduled for April.

Hardware: We host all our own equipment (no reliance on cloud infra) hosting in Finland, Germany, France and UK. Pocket nodes are run on state of the art servers (dual socket intel Platinum 8280 or AMD 7763) with 512gb+ ram and 16tb RAID 10 nvme storage all servers are provisioned with <40% total CPU usage.

Monitoring: We have written our own in house tooling to keep on track of uptime and issues.

Reporting: Weekly reports on earning can be sent by email or telegram bot to users along with a basic dashboard. A complete redesign of our dashboard will be coming in Q1 with much more indepth analytics.

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Second this.

I’ve been a happy customer of Liquify for a couple of months. It would be great to have it on the list, they deserve some recognition.

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Updated to add Liquify :+1:

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Hi Jack,
I have not been able to login on the C0D3R website. It says that I have already created my account but it doesn’t take my passwords. When I am trying to retrieve, it is asking me to contact the admin. I have written to them but have received no answers. Please advise as I want to stake through them. Thank you.

You will need to wait for answers from their customer support. I can’t accelerate anything from my end.

We’ve been experimenting at ThreeFold to provide an easy node hosting solution to scale the Pokt Network. Here’s a preview of what’s coming soon :slight_smile: