Our goal has always been to be the go-to blockchain node platform across any chain and environment. Today, that includes the nodes you run on your own hardware.
Running your own Ethereum infrastructure should be the basic right of every individual and household. Nodes should be easy.
Vitalik Buterin · @VitalikButerin · Mar 15, 2026
The catch? Self-hosting has always meant complexity. Manual setup, client updates, nodes falling out of sync, monitoring cobbled together from spare parts.
We built Chainstack Self-Hosted to fix that.
What is Chainstack Self-Hosted?
Chainstack Self-Hosted is a turnkey blockchain node management platform that lets you deploy and operate blockchain nodes on infrastructure you fully own and control — from cloud VPS to your local environment, and everything in between.
It brings the operational layer that Chainstack has built for managed infrastructure and makes it available on your hardware. That means automated deployment on any protocol, built-in monitoring and alerts, self-healing, automated updates, and configurable failover — all running inside your own environment, with your data never leaving your perimeter.
The core idea is simple: you shouldn’t have to choose between owning your infrastructure and having a production-grade operational experience. Chainstack Self-Hosted gives you both.
How it compares to DIY
If you’ve run self-hosted nodes before, you know what DIY actually looks like in practice. We wrote a detailed breakdown of the challenges and a direct comparison of DIY vs Chainstack Self-Hosted if you want to go deeper — but here’s the short version:
| DIY | Chainstack Self-Hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Manual setup and scripting | One-click, minutes to hours |
| Failure recovery | Manual intervention or custom tooling | Self-Healing and automatic recovery |
| Failover | Custom implementation per setup | Configurable out of the box |
| Updates | Manual upgrades and coordination | Automated update workflows |
| Monitoring | Self-built monitoring stack | Integrated monitoring and alerts |
| Time to production | Days to weeks | Minutes to hours |
What you get
- One-click deployment across all major protocols: Select your protocol, network, and node type — and you’re live in minutes. Right-sized node configurations are applied automatically based on your hardware and protocol requirements, so you’re not guessing at specs. Snapshots reduce initial sync time significantly, cutting what used to take days down to hours.
- Self-Healing and auto-updates: Nodes monitor themselves and recover automatically from failures. When client updates are available, you get notified and control when they’re applied — no manual coordination, no maintenance windows that turn into incidents.
- Zero downtime failover: Configure failover to a secondary node, a Chainstack high-performance RPC endpoint, or any endpoint you specify. Your applications stay online even when a node goes through an update or unexpected failure.
- Monitoring, alerts, and observability: Real-time insights into node performance, alerts for important events, and the data you need to understand what’s happening across your infrastructure — without building a monitoring stack from scratch.
- Your data stays yours: Nodes run in secure, isolated environments with encryption and strict access controls. Nothing leaves your infrastructure. Chainstack Self-Hosted is built for teams where data sovereignty isn’t optional.
Who it’s for
Chainstack Self-Hosted is built for teams and individual developers who need the operational maturity of a managed service without giving up control of their infrastructure.
That includes enterprises with compliance and data residency requirements, teams that need to own their node stack, traders that need guaranteed RPC access without rate limits, and developers that are tired of spending cycles on node maintenance instead of product development.
If you’ve been putting off self-hosting because of the operational overhead — or if you’re already self-hosting and spending too much time keeping things running — this is built for you.
Get started
Chainstack Self-Hosted is available now. Check out the documentation to get started, or jump straight into the quick start guide.