Monero Full Node on Offshore VPS - Privacy Crypto Hosting

A Monero full node stores the complete blockchain (approximately 200GB and growing). A pruned node stores a subset. For personal use, a pruned node is sufficient. For running a public remote node (allowing others to connect), a full node is preferred. Pruned node requirements: 50GB minimum storage, 4GB RAM recommended. Full node: 250GB+ storage, 4GB RAM. Anubiz Host Iceland VPS Mini (entry tier) is sufficient for a pruned personal node. Upgrade to a larger plan for full node or public remote node operation.

```bash # Install dependencies apt update && apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libunbound-dev libboost-all-dev -y # Download Monero wget https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/linux64 tar xf linux64 && mv monero-x86_64-linux-gnu-*/monerod /usr/local/bin/ # Create systemd service cat > /etc/systemd/system/monerod.service << 'EOF' [Unit] Description=Monero daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/monerod --detach --non-interactive --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18081 --confirm-external-bind --no-igd --db-sync-mode=fast:async:250000000bytes User=monerod Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF useradd -r -s /bin/false monerod mkdir -p /var/lib/monero && chown monerod:monerod /var/lib/monero systemctl enable --now monerod ``` Connect your Monero GUI/CLI wallet to your VPS node: In Monero GUI: Settings -> Node -> Remote node -> YOUR_VPS_IP:18081. All your wallet queries go to your own node.