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1) Solana has hundreds of validators (>800 if I remember). While requirements are quite high (few $k hardware) it's also possible to rent dedicated hardware fo
by PaywallBuster 5y ago
1) Solana has hundreds of validators (>800 if I remember).
While requirements are quite high (few $k hardware) it's also possible to rent dedicated hardware for 100/200 a month. Somewhat more accessible.
Or use a managed staking provider (ankr or the likes) to set it up for you.
There was also some incentives from Solana to support new people setting up validators on their own and ensure they stay online for a long time.
AWS is quite expensive, for this, given the compensation you get from validating transactions.
Hetzner is quite popular, it was 15% of capacity at some point, not sure now.