What is a dedicated Solana RPC node?+
A physical machine running a Solana validator client in RPC mode, allocated to one customer. Nobody else sends requests to it, so there is no shared rate limit, no noisy-neighbour latency and no credit metering. You choose the client, the region and the plugins.
Is Yellowstone gRPC included or extra?+
Included and configured before handover on every Solana RPC plan. Account, slot, transaction and block subscriptions are exposed on your private link with a token we issue. There is no separate charge and no waiting list for it.
Can the node run on DoubleZero?+
Yes, where the region supports it. DoubleZero is a dedicated fibre network for Solana traffic; attaching a node to it takes propagation off the public internet, which is where the latency actually is for vote and block delivery. Ask and we will set it up.
Can I run Jito, or Firedancer?+
Jito-Solana is a standard option — pick it at order and tips route to an account you nominate. Frankendancer, which is Firedancer's networking layer on the Agave runtime, is available on request.
How long until the node is usable?+
Hardware is allocated within hours of payment settling. The node then syncs, which is days on Solana — we restore from a recent snapshot rather than replaying the ledger to keep that short. Your node page shows the sync progress rather than telling you it is live before it is.
Do you hold my keys?+
No. For a validator, the vote account and the stake are yours and we never hold the withdrawer key. For any machine, your own SSH public key is installed at provisioning and there is no private key of yours anywhere in our system.
How do I know the node is performing?+
The same probe fleet that measures every public Solana endpoint on this site measures yours, from the same regions, with the same published method. You are not taking our word for it — you are reading the same measurements anyone can read about anyone else.
Why is a dedicated node better than a shared endpoint?+
Three reasons that are not marketing. There is no rate limit, because there is nobody to ration against. There is no noisy neighbour, so your p99 is your own workload rather than somebody else's. And you choose the client and the plugins, which on Solana and Ethereum changes what the node can do rather than only how fast it does it.
How do you price these?+
From what the machine costs us, published alongside what it is. We buy from Latitude, Terraswitch, CherryServers and 23m, and every plan names the provider SKU so you can check the hardware is what we say it is.
Can I pay in crypto?+
Yes — ETH, BNB or SOL, priced in dollars against an on-chain Chainlink feed. The invoice records the feed address and the round id, and the payment dialog publishes both, so the conversion can be checked against the chain rather than taken on trust.
What happens if I cancel?+
The node keeps running until the end of the period you have already paid for, and the confirmation names the date. Nothing is destroyed early, and an unpaid invoice on a cancelled order is voided rather than left owing.
Do you have an uptime record for dedicated nodes?+
Not yet, and we are not going to invent one. This is a new product. What we do have is millions of measurements of public endpoints across three chains, taken continuously from four regions against a published method — and the same probes pointed at your node from day one. If that is not enough assurance for your workload, it should not be. Talk to us before you buy rather than after.