Are there any VPS that are friendly enough to running nodes, relays, and fucking around with that sort of thing before I get a dedicated device or repurpose a pi? Or do they treat most of it like running Tor exit nodes?
Wouldn't be a forever thing.
#asknostr
Linode/hetzner is fine
That's a nice bookmark right there.
Thanks much 👐
You could try #ProxMox and spun up a VPS locally to try things out.
A small PC like a Lenovo Thinkcentre is perfectly capable for testing.
There are some unfriendly hosting-providers who don't like even Tor relays, so as a precaution you should ask support and read their Terms of Service/Acceptable Use Policy beforehand.
I represent hosting provider skhron.com.ua (Tor mirror available) offering KVM VPSes. We are completely fine with Nostr/Tor relays (but not exit ones due to constant abuse complaint burden). We accept #Bitcoin, #Lightning and #Monero using self-hosted payment gateway (bitcart.ai) and do not require #KYC.
