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Looking for dedicated IPv4, 256MB RAM, under $20/year with yearly pay. Which providers take XMR? 🪙 Need something small for monero node, don't want KYC. Tried Contabo and Hetzner already, both want €3/month minimum. Privacy coins angle important, not running anything heavy just need the IP stable.
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Not happening at that price.. dedicated ipv4 costs providers $2-4/month wholesale.. 256mb is barely bootable now.. even Hostinger cheapest plan is $18/year with shared ip.. you want dedicated for less than ipv4 costs alone..
IPv4 what cost now, provider lose money. Maybe shared IP with NAT, what you want not exist. RackNerd have 512MB for $22/year but IPv4 shared. If you want dedicated, minimum $36/year everywhere. ))))
I've tracked CloudCone, HostHatch, Time4VPS, Leaseweb pricing for 18 months. Lowest dedicated IPv4 entry point is $30/month annualized. At $20/year you're asking for 94% below cost floor. Uptime on sub-$30/year boxes averages 97.2% in my dataset. Status pages lie — https://uptimerobot.com for the real story. Alert fatigue from these deadpool providers isn't worth the $8 savings. Save yourself the migration headache.
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Guys any leads on this? I got a guy asking same spec, margins too thin to help him. GreenCloudVPS panel charges me $2.80 just for IP cost, can't mark down below that. 🙏
If someone finds flash sale ping me, I got 5 clients want cheap yearly. Recieved quote from KnownHost reseller tier, their minimum is $28/year. No room here.
Traceroute from Wrocław to RackNerd LA: 178ms, to CloudCone LA: 182ms. Both single-homed Cogent at hop 10. If you need stable IP for monero, latency to Medellín matters less than route stability. I've seen CloudCone renumber blocks twice in 2024. RackNerd kept same /24 for 3 years on my box. Not an endorsement, just data.
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Appreciate the data Marek. Route stability > latency for this use case. XMR node just needs to stay reachable. Still hunting for crypto-friendly provider at this price but might need to double budget.
You could terraform a spot instance dance but that's not yearly pay. Dedicated IPv4 at sub-$20 is a market failure, not a search failure. Providers who tried it deadpooled. I have the graveyard list.
DealsTallinn speak truth. VirMach, AlphaRacks, NanoVZ, all tried $10-15/year dedicated IP. All gone. I have lifetime plan from one, lifetime ended at 18 months ))))
From Melbourne perspective: even Time4VPS at EUR 2.99/mo is AUD 60/year now, and that's their 256MB with shared IP. Dedicated IP tier is EUR 4.99. Exchange rate killed cheap EU boxes for us Pacific people.
