Monero full node in Iceland

Run monerod with port 18080 open and serve as a public remote node — exactly what the network needs more of.

Iceland: Foreign DMCA notices have no statutory effect. Court orders require Icelandic-court jurisdiction.

See plans from $26.99/mo About Iceland

No KYC DMCA ignored Crypto only 60-second deploy

1 Tbps

DDoS absorption

41s

Median deploy

Reykjavík (IS-RKV)

Datacenter

$26.99

Entry plan / month

Why Iceland

The Iceland case for Monero full node

Iceland sits outside the EU and outside the major MLAT (mutual legal assistance treaty) frameworks that bind most western data centres. The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), passed unanimously in 2010, codifies source protection and a strong free-speech posture into law. Power is geothermal-baseload; cooling is free-air for most of the year. Network reach to Western Europe is excellent (FARICE, DANICE, IRIS submarine cables); to North America via the GreenLand Connect.

Monero's chain is smaller than Bitcoin's (~180 GB) but the wallet-syncing load on a public remote node is heavier per query. If you're running a public remote node (which the network desperately needs more of), expect 5–20 GB/day of egress per 100 active wallets and CPU spikes during ringsize/decoy lookups. vps-growth handles a small public node; vps-business is the comfortable tier.

Workload alignment

What Monero full node gets from Iceland

Inbound 18080 / 18089 open. Public remote nodes welcomed — the network needs more.

~180 GB chain. Fits on Growth+ NVMe with room for a Tor and I2P companion.

I2P + Tor peering supported on the same daemon. anonymous_inbound config is standard.

AES-NI accelerates the RPC layer. ringsize/decoy lookups are the typical bottleneck.

No traffic shaping on the p2p wire. Default privacy-coin policy = leave it alone.

Plans

Monero full node — Iceland plans

Plans below ship from Iceland (Reykjavík (IS-RKV)) by default. Pick the cheapest that matches your projected load — hot-resize is live.

VPS

Growth

AMD EPYC 7443P · Reykjavík (IS-RKV)

4 vCPU
8 GB DDR4 ECC
120 GB NVMe
2.5 Gbps unmetered

$26.99/mo

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VPS

Business

Intel Xeon Gold 6430 · Reykjavík (IS-RKV)

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

$39.99/mo

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Sysadmin FAQ

Monero full node in Iceland — questions answered

Will you tolerate me running a public Monero node here?

Yes — that's an explicit use case we welcome. We don't throttle the daemon, don't cap connections, and don't inspect traffic. Public remote nodes are a net good for the network.

How much bandwidth does a popular public node use?

5–20 GB/day per 100 active wallet syncs, plus 1–3 TB/month for normal p2p block propagation. All our VPS uplinks are unmetered at advertised rates so this stays inside the plan.

Can I run monerod, a Tor instance, and an I2P router simultaneously?

Yes. monerod's anonymous_inbound config takes care of the wiring; you just need both Tor and I2P running locally. vps-growth has plenty of CPU for all three; vps-business is comfortable if you're also serving a public RPC.

Is Monero-specific in Iceland any different from Bitcoin?

Legally no — none of our four jurisdictions distinguishes Monero from Bitcoin. Operationally, the bandwidth pattern is different (more frequent small queries from wallets, less p2p block traffic). Pick by network reach to your users, not jurisdiction.

Will you cooperate with chain-analysis subpoenas about my node?

We don't store anything that would let us. We have no logs of which IPs queried your RPC, no record of wallet syncs, no list of accepted ringsize candidates — that data isn't generated, period. See /privacy/ for the full retention policy.

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