Starter
VPS-L · VPS
- AMD EPYC 7313P (6 vCPU)
- 16 GB DDR4 · 200 GB NVMe
- 1 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth
200 GB NVMe fits a pruned node with big margins — full validation, minimum spend.
From $17.00/mo
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The dependable workhorse
Litecoin Node Hosting
Litecoin has processed payments nonstop since 2011, and its node is refreshingly light: 230 GB, modest RAM, same-day sync. Run one on unmetered NVMe, verify your own LTC — including MWEB confidential transactions — and get change from a $20.
Node requirements at a glance
- Client software: Litecoin Core 0.21.x
- Chain size: ≈ 230 GB
- Recommended RAM: 4–8 GB
- Recommended storage: 400 GB NVMe
- Initial sync: 6–18 h
- P2P port: 9333 TCP
No KYC
Crypto Only
No Logs
Unlimited bandwidth
Full Root
NVMe SSD
Blockchain infrastructure
Why run a Litecoin full node
LTC remains one of the most-paid-with coins in the no-KYC economy — it's a serious share of checkout volume at crypto-only merchants, ours included. If you accept or hold LTC, your own node verifies incoming payments in seconds without trusting an explorer, and with MWEB you can receive into confidential outputs your node validates itself. It's also the perfect first node: every concept of Bitcoin operations at a third of the disk.
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Same-day sync
230 GB over NVMe with a warm dbcache: mainnet syncs in 6–18 hours on the smallest recommended tier.
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Merchant-grade verification
Accepting LTC? Your node confirms payments against your own validated chain — no explorer API in the payment path.
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MWEB, validated by you
MimbleWimble Extension Blocks give LTC opt-in confidentiality; your node validates the extension chain instead of trusting someone's word.
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Cheap to keep forever
~25 GB of growth a year means the small tiers stay viable for years. This node costs less than a streaming subscription.
Requirements
Hardware requirements — Litecoin
Realistic sizing for a mainnet node in 2026 — chain size, memory, disk and bandwidth. Based on what actually runs in production, not on minimum specs that stopped being true two years ago.
| Client software | Litecoin Core 0.21.x |
|---|---|
| Chain size | ≈ 230 GB |
| Growth per year | ≈ 25 GB / year |
| Recommended RAM | 4–8 GB |
| Recommended storage | 400 GB NVMe |
| Initial sync | 6–18 h |
| Prunable | ✓ |
| P2P port | 9333 TCP |
Matched hardware
Recommended servers for Litecoin
Every plan ships with unlimited bandwidth, NVMe storage and full root access — the three things a node actually consumes. Deploy with a token, pay in the same coin your node secures.
Recommended
VPS-XL · VPS
- AMD EPYC 9124 (8 vCPU)
- 32 GB DDR5 · 400 GB NVMe
- 1 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth
400 GB NVMe carries the full chain well past 2030; 32 GB RAM makes sync and rescans snappy.
From $24.50/mo
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Performance
DS-1 · Dedicated
- Intel Xeon E-2388G (3.2 GHz) (8C / 16T)
- 64 GB DDR4 ECC · 2x 1TB NVMe
- 2 Gbps · Unlimited bandwidth
The multi-node box: Litecoin + Bitcoin + an Electrum-LTC server side by side on ECC bare metal.
From $48.50/mo
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VPS-XL — price by jurisdiction
| Location | CPU | RAM | Storage | Uplink | Price | |
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| Moldova Budget Offshore | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9124 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $24.50/mo | Order |
| Russia Western-Proof | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9124 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $24.50/mo | Order |
| Panama No Data Retention | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9254 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $27.00/mo | Order |
| Romania Anti-Retention | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9254 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $27.00/mo | Order |
| Netherlands Best Peering | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9354 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $29.50/mo | Order |
| Iceland Free Speech Haven | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9454 |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $32.00/mo | Order |
| Switzerland Premium Privacy | 8 vCPU AMD EPYC 9474F (3.6 GHz) |
32 GB DDR5 | 400 GB NVMe | 1 Gbps | $34.50/mo | Order |
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Deployment
Run a Litecoin full node in 5 steps
From order to synced node. Commands are copy-paste ready for Ubuntu 24.04 — adapt paths if you run Debian or Rocky.
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Order the server
VPS-XL recommended; pick Moldova for the lowest price or the Netherlands for peering.
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Basic hardening
Key-only SSH, firewall open on 9333, automatic security updates. Ten minutes, done once.
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Install Litecoin Core
Download from litecoin.org, verify the signatures, install the binaries.
wget https://download.litecoin.org/litecoin-0.21.4/linux/litecoin-0.21.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz tar xzf litecoin-0.21.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz install -m 0755 litecoin-0.21.4/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ -
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Configure & sync
server=1, dbcache sized to your RAM, daemon mode. Start litecoind and let it chew through the chain.
# ~/.litecoin/litecoin.conf server=1 dbcache=4000 daemon=1 -
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Verify & connect wallets
getblockchaininfo confirms the tip; then point Litecoin Core GUI, Electrum-LTC or your payment stack at your own RPC.
litecoind litecoin-cli getblockchaininfo
Litecoin node requirements
The chain sits around 230 GB in mid-2026 and grows a gentle ~25 GB a year — the friendliest curve of any major PoW coin. 4 GB RAM runs it; 8 GB makes it comfortable; anything more becomes dbcache. Any of our NVMe tiers outruns the sync workload, so the choice is really disk headroom: 200 GB pruned on VPS-L, 400 GB full on VPS-XL, or bare metal if Litecoin shares the box with its big brother.
MWEB: validate Litecoin's privacy layer yourself
Since 2022, MWEB lets LTC move with confidential amounts inside extension blocks. Wallets that support it rely on a node that validates the MWEB data — running your own means those confidential balances rest on your CPU's word, not an API's. It's enabled by default in Litecoin Core: your node checks both chains, transparent and confidential, from block one.
The merchant angle: LTC without middlemen
Low fees and 2.5-minute blocks keep Litecoin popular at crypto-only checkouts. Wire your store's payment detection to your own node's RPC — getreceivedbyaddress, ZMQ notifications — and payment confirmation becomes a private, first-party fact: no explorer rate limits during a sale rush, no third party learning your revenue curve. Our own checkout accepts LTC for exactly these reasons.
One box, several nodes
Litecoin's lightness makes it the classic second tenant: DS-1 runs Bitcoin + Litecoin full nodes together with room left for electrs on both. If you're building multi-coin infrastructure — payment processing, an explorer, arbitrage tooling — start from the node hosting hub and stack chains by disk budget. LTC is the one you'll never have to think about again.
FAQ
Litecoin node hosting FAQ
01 What does a Litecoin node cost to host?
Pruned from $17/mo (VPS-L), full chain from $24.50/mo (VPS-XL) — cheapest in Moldova. That includes unmetered relaying; there is no bandwidth math to do.
02 How long is the initial sync?
6–18 hours on our NVMe tiers depending on peers and dbcache. Start it in the evening; it's at the tip by morning.
03 Does my node validate MWEB transactions?
Yes — Litecoin Core validates extension blocks as part of consensus. Your node fully checks confidential transactions without any extra configuration.
04 Can I run Litecoin and Bitcoin on the same server?
That's the DS-1 use case: both chains fit on 2× 1 TB NVMe with years of headroom, sharing 64 GB ECC RAM comfortably. Different ports (8333/9333), zero conflicts.
05 Is a Litecoin node useful for mining?
Solo miners and pool operators need one — and merged-mined Dogecoin rides on Litecoin infrastructure via auxpow. Hobby CPU mining isn't profitable, but your node serves external ASICs fine.
06 Why not just use an explorer API?
Explorers log queries, rate-limit, and occasionally mislead (reorgs, delayed mempools). A $17 node answers instantly, privately, from consensus-validated data. For anything money-touching, that's the whole point.
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