FAQ

Run Your Node is a node-as-a-Service provided by DSRV, a leading validator and blockchain infrastructure provider based in South Korea. Run Your Node will help you launch and manage a custom node easily, eliminating all the technical burden in running a node.

Our platform only supports Mina protocol at the moment, but there are many more protocols upcoming. Running a node and staking options will soon be available with proof-of-stake protocols such as Celo, Near, Terra and many more. Be sure to subscribe to our news and events about future releases by clicking the checkbox in your account page.

Click the “Run Your Node” tab on the left side of this page. You only need to take 4 steps.
Step 1: Choose the blockchain to start your node.
Step 2: Choose the type of server to deploy your node.
Step 3: Choose the type of the node that you wish to operate.
Step 4: Choose the cloud service provider of your preference and the closest region of your location.
Once you finish the steps above, wait for a few minutes and your node will be fully prepared for action.

Users can utilize our platform for multiple purposes. Our platform will enable you to run your own node in blockchain of their choice in multi-cloud and multi-region supported environment. Currently Run Your Node only supports Mina protocol, helping Mina community members participate in Mina’s testnet. Please be careful to use our service for only designated purposes, your nodes can be shut down for attempting any other actions than node operation. Please read our terms of service for more information.

Users are charged based on the type of protocol, network, node and cloud settings. Detailed information about pricing options will differ, you will be informed about the pricing options at the beginning of the blockchain selection. Since we are launching the beta version of Run Your Node service, we are promoting users with 2 week free trial on creating maximum 2 nodes (block producer   snarker).

Users won’t be charged with using the service in the beta version, we are promoting a 2 week free trial for every user to for the beta version of Run Your Node service. We will share more information about pricing and payment methods at the launch of our official platform.

Users will be able to deploy maximum of 2 nodes at the moment. One node is for producing blocks and the other one is for operating a snarker node. Option for deploying two nodes will be selected as a default, you will receive two nodes if you select block producer & snarker option in the selection phase. Once you deploy 2 nodes, you will not be able to deploy more nodes further.

Our platform is based on cloud service from respected cloud infrastructure providers. Currently you can deploy your nodes on Naver CLOUD (based in South Korea) and Digital Ocean. You will be able to deploy their nodes on AWS and Google Cloud Platform at the launch of the official version of Run Your Node service.

We recommend you to deploy their nodes in closest region to your current location. For example if your residence is located in Asia, we recommend you to deploy your node in South Korean region. Or if you are accessing the service from Europe, we recommend you to choose Germany as your region. We will support more regions from all around the world to enable users have more options of their preference.

Our platform provides monitoring tools in three steps. First, you can quickly check your node status in the dashboard page. You will be able to know whether your nodes are up and running. Second, you can access to node status page by clicking the nodes on the list. Once you access the details page, you will get informed about the key statistics of your node: system usage, network stats, key blockchain stats and errors. Last, you can click detailed node status to check all the information about current node operation and blockchain network. Our block producer & snarker performance dashboard will be provided to all Mina testnet participants.

You will be able to access their console by clicking the console button at the main page of dashboard. You can find the console button at the right of the node list. You can also access their node console by clicking the console button in the bottom-right corner in node status page. If you wish to start or sleep your current node, simply switch the start/sleep button at the dashboard or click start/sleep button at the node status page.

You won’t be able to change your node settings once your node is deployed. No need to worry, our Run Your Node service will make all the process of creating a node so easy. In cases where changing the node specs are necessary, please reach out to contact@dsrvlabs.com for support.

We have created a one page user guide for Mina testnet participants. Click the button here to find out more information about using Run Your Node service.

You can reach out to contact@dsrvlabs.com for any kind of support or just simply jump on to the discord channel at Mina protocol to shoot question.

DSRV strictly follows the privacy policy and does not use the information for other purposes than providing the service. To find out more about our privacy policy, click on to the link here.

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