Warning: This post is out of date as of January 2024 and needs to be updated.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: 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 |
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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. |
RIVET |
Pricing
Node Provider | Charge | Revenue Share | Minimum Nodes |
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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% | |
RIVET | ← Contact | ? |
Security
Node Provider | Hardware |
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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 |
RIVET |
Hardware
Node Provider | Hardware |
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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. |
RIVET |
Monitoring
Node Provider | Notes |
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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. |
RIVET |
Reporting
Node Provider | Notes |
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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. |
RIVET |
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.