--- title: "PowerDedi Blog — Servers, Bandwidth & Crypto Payments" description: "Analysis and guides from the PowerDedi engineering team: bandwidth pricing, AMD EPYC and Ryzen servers, Solana node sizing, RAM prices and paying with crypto." url: "https://powerdedi.com/blog" last_updated: "2026-10-15" publisher: "PowerDedi (https://powerdedi.com)" --- # Hardware, bandwidth and the economics of hosting. Analysis and practical guides from the PowerDedi engineering team. Sourced numbers, no hype. - [All articles](https://powerdedi.com/blog) - [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) - [Hardware](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/hardware) - [Market](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/market) - [Payments](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/payments) - [Comparisons](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/comparisons) [RSS feed](https://powerdedi.com/blog/feed) ## Articles [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 21, 2026 ## [TON node requirements in 2026: full node, liteserver, validator](https://powerdedi.com/blog/ton-node-requirements) What a TON full node, liteserver, archive node or validator needs in 2026, from the official docs and MyTonCtrl: CPU, RAM, NVMe and IOPS, current dump sizes, bandwidth, ports, the GRAM stake, and which servers fit. 12 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 20, 2026 ## [Aptos node requirements in 2026: validator, VFN and fullnode](https://powerdedi.com/blog/aptos-node-requirements) What an Aptos validator, validator fullnode or public fullnode needs in 2026, from the official docs: the March 2026 hardware spec, disk sizing and pruning windows, ports, fast sync and backups, and which servers meet it. 12 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 19, 2026 ## [Avalanche node requirements in 2026: AvalancheGo and validators](https://powerdedi.com/blog/avalanche-node-requirements) What an AvalancheGo node needs in 2026, from Avalanche’s official documentation: validator tiers by stake, disk growth and resyncs after the Helicon upgrade, C-Chain archive sizes, L1 validators after ACP-77, staking rules, ports and matching servers. 12 min read ## Latest articles [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 18, 2026 ### [Polygon PoS node requirements in 2026: Heimdall-v2, Bor and archive](https://powerdedi.com/blog/polygon-node-requirements) What a Polygon PoS full node, validator pair or archive node needs in 2026, from Polygon’s docs: CPU, RAM, disk per the docs and per current snapshots, the end of Erigon, Heimdall-v2 and Bor setup, ports, and the servers that fit. 12 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 17, 2026 ### [Sui node requirements in 2026: full node and validator hardware](https://powerdedi.com/blog/sui-node-requirements) What a Sui full node or validator needs in 2026, from Sui’s official documentation: CPU cores, RAM, NVMe sizing by pruning profile, current formal snapshot size, ports, the move from JSON-RPC to gRPC, and which servers fit each role. 11 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 16, 2026 ### [BNB Smart Chain node requirements in 2026: full, fast and archive](https://powerdedi.com/blog/bnb-chain-node-requirements) What a BSC fast, full, archive or validator node needs in 2026, from BNB Chain’s documentation and its October 2026 snapshots: CPU, RAM, disk growth, why Reth-BSC replaced Erigon for archive nodes, ports, and the servers that fit. 12 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 15, 2026 ### [Arbitrum node requirements in 2026: Nitro full and archive nodes](https://powerdedi.com/blog/arbitrum-node-requirements) What an Arbitrum One full or archive node needs in 2026, from Offchain Labs’ Nitro documentation: RAM, CPU, NVMe sizing, HashDB versus PathDB, current snapshot sizes, the Ethereum RPC and beacon requirement, ports and memory tuning. 7 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 15, 2026 ### [Base node requirements in 2026: hardware, Reth, snapshots and L1](https://powerdedi.com/blog/base-node-requirements) What it takes to run a Base node in 2026, from Base’s own documentation: CPU, RAM, NVMe sizing with Base’s storage formula, full and archive snapshot sizes, the Reth-only client stack, the Ethereum L1 endpoints and the ports to open. 7 min read [Guides](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/guides) October 15, 2026 ### [Bitcoin full node hardware requirements in 2026](https://powerdedi.com/blog/bitcoin-node-hardware-requirements-2026) Disk, memory, CPU and bandwidth for a Bitcoin full node in 2026: chain size and growth, pruned versus archival nodes, Electrum server indexes, faster syncs with AssumeUTXO, and the configurations that fit. 4 min read [Comparisons](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/comparisons) October 15, 2026 ### [Cherry Servers alternatives in 2026: prices, crypto and bandwidth](https://powerdedi.com/blog/cherry-servers-alternatives) How Cherry Servers compares with PowerDedi, Latitude.sh, phoenixNAP, Hetzner and DataPacket in October 2026: like-for-like Ryzen and EPYC prices, bandwidth allowances, crypto payments, delivery times and a migration checklist. 10 min read [Comparisons](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/comparisons) October 15, 2026 ### [DataPacket alternatives in 2026: cheaper 10 Gbps and when to stay](https://powerdedi.com/blog/datapacket-alternatives) What DataPacket charges for servers and bandwidth in October 2026, how its unshared 50 Gbps uplinks compare with the 10 Gbps unmetered port included in every PowerDedi server, four other high-bandwidth hosts, and who should stay. 9 min read [Comparisons](https://powerdedi.com/blog/category/comparisons) October 15, 2026 ### [Dedicated servers paid in crypto: 14 providers compared (October 2026)](https://powerdedi.com/blog/crypto-dedicated-server-providers-compared) We checked 13 hosts that sell dedicated servers for crypto, plus PowerDedi: which accept Monero, which ask for ID, who processes the payment, the cheapest current-generation server, port and traffic, stated delivery time and locations. 11 min read 1. 1 2. 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