Lightning Network node in Switzerland

LND, Core Lightning or Eclair on a stable IP that won't cycle every 30 days — channel reliability needs persistence.

Switzerland: Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). Swiss court order required for any disclosure. Foreign DMCA has no statutory effect.

See plans from $39.99/mo About Switzerland

No KYC DMCA ignored Crypto only 60-second deploy

1 Tbps

DDoS absorption

41s

Median deploy

Zürich (CH-ZRH)

Datacenter

$39.99

Entry plan / month

Why Switzerland

The Switzerland case for Lightning Network node

Switzerland is the strongest privacy-law jurisdiction we operate. The Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, revised 2023) puts the onus on the data controller, not the host. Swiss court orders are required to compel any disclosure; foreign DMCA notices have no statutory effect at all. Network is Tier-1 with direct peering to Frankfurt, Milan, and Paris. Zürich is the comfortable pick for workloads where the legal posture matters as much as the throughput: mail servers, financial nodes, journalist infrastructure.

Lightning channels are state machines that depend on both peers being reachable when a force-close timeout hits. A stable IPv4 + .onion endpoint isn't optional — it's what keeps your channels alive through reorgs, your peer's downtime, and routine restarts. Our IPs don't cycle; you keep the same /29 for the lifetime of the plan, and we publish a 14-day notice if hardware changes force a re-IP.

Workload alignment

What Lightning Network node gets from Switzerland

Stable IPv4 — no IP cycling. 14-day notice on the rare forced re-IP.

Full root + raw sockets. Tor companion (.onion endpoint) fully supported.

NVMe everywhere. Channel DB latency stays under 1 ms even on Starter NVMe.

Median deploy 41s. Spin up a backup node at a different jurisdiction in under a minute.

No deep-packet inspection. HTLC traffic stays inside the noise/SLP wrapper.

Plans

Lightning Network node — Switzerland plans

Plans below ship from Switzerland (Zürich (CH-ZRH)) by default. Pick the cheapest that matches your projected load — hot-resize is live.

VPS

Business

Intel Xeon Gold 6430 · Zürich (CH-ZRH)

6 vCPU
16 GB DDR5 ECC
240 GB NVMe
5 Gbps unmetered

$39.99/mo

Deploy in Switzerland

VPS

Pro

Intel Xeon Gold 6430 · Zürich (CH-ZRH)

8 vCPU
24 GB DDR5 ECC
400 GB NVMe
5 Gbps unmetered

$54.99/mo

Deploy in Switzerland

Dedicated

Shield

AMD EPYC 7313P · Zürich (CH-ZRH)

16 cores · 32 threads
64 GB DDR4 ECC
2× 1 TB NVMe
1 Gbps unmetered

$79.00/mo

Deploy in Switzerland

Sysadmin FAQ

Lightning Network node in Switzerland — questions answered

Why does IP stability matter for a Lightning node?

When your peer can't reach you for a force-close, they assume cheating and broadcast the latest commitment. If you re-IP without warning, channels go offline until you re-announce. We don't cycle IPs and give 14-day notice when hardware changes force one — you have time to update your node config.

LND, Core Lightning or Eclair?

All three work. LND is the most common (and most mature on Linux); Core Lightning has the cleaner plugin model; Eclair is JVM-based and battle-tested at routing-hub scale. Pick by your operational comfort. Our infra is implementation-agnostic.

What size plan do I need for a routing node earning fees?

For a small routing node (50–200 channels): vps-pro or ded-shield. The bottleneck is HTLC throughput, which is CPU-bound under high load. For a hub aiming at 1000+ channels and large capacity: ded-bastion or higher.

Can I run my Lightning watchtower here too?

Yes — and we recommend running it on a different jurisdiction from your routing node, so a single seizure or outage doesn't lose both. Our 4 jurisdictions cover the common diversification patterns.

Are there any kernel modules I'll need?

No — Lightning runs entirely in userland. The only kernel concern is if you want to peer over WireGuard for an encrypted private overlay (covered in our vpn-server solution).

Other jurisdictions