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Thread is fine. Keep it technical.

Uptime Kuma. Ntfy. Gatus. All fit 512MB.

Locked is not happening yet.

Check ASN.

Real Contabo: AS51167.

Fake site: hosted on random VPS. Different ASN.

Takes ten seconds. Whois. Done.

Also.

Wire transfer.

Never.

For first order.

Following

So if the big ones can still have fires and API outages, is there ANY safe way to prepay? Or is monthly the only smart move for beginners like me?

How do you know if a provider is gonna vanish? Is there like a warning sign or something? I just got my first vps last month and im on monthly but I see these deals and im tempted... sorry if this is dumb

This is the correct emotional response. Ignorance was warmth.