# Lightning Node VPS — Static IP, 99.9% Uptime, No KYC | NulNet > Keep LND or Core Lightning online with a stable IP and 99.9% uptime. Coin invoices, no KYC, DDoS filtering included. Deploy. No ID at signup. Crypto-only. Source: https://nulnet.com/solutions/lightning-node/ [Home](https://nulnet.com/) / [Solutions](https://nulnet.com/solutions/) / Lightning node Workload playbook # Lightning node on a stable VPS IP ![NulNet Bitcoin node abstract: lattice and local NVMe slabs](https://nulnet.com/img/theme-bitcoin.png) LND or Core Lightning on an IP that never rotates: routing uptime is channel uptime. Hosting settles on-chain in BTC or USDT, not over Lightning. Published 2026-08-30 · Updated 2026-09-08 · NulNet Editorial **Short answer** Run LND or Core Lightning on a VPS whose IP stays put, keep the bitcoind backend on NVMe, and settle the hosting invoice on-chain in BTC or USDT. Warden tier starts a routing node; dedicated metal protects channel state from noisy neighbours. NulNet: VPS from $3/mo and dedicated from $30.80/mo annual. The map spans twenty-one locations — Reykjavik (Iceland) and Zurich (Switzerland) among them, plus Singapore, Dubai, Cape Town and fourteen others. Signup is email plus a 12-character password, or token-only. No KYC. Checkout is crypto-only across BTC, XMR, ETH, BNB, SOL, LTC, TRX, XRP, DOGE, DASH, ADA, GRAM (TON), and USDT (TRC-20/ERC-20/BEP-20/SPL). No payload or guest traffic logs; connection metadata ≤24h. DDoS included. One SKN company, one crypto checkout. Deploy at https://nulnet.com/deploy/. ## What people actually run [Lightning Labs documentation](https://docs.lightning.engineering/) and [Core Lightning](https://docs.corelightning.org/) are the two mainstream daemons, each with a bitcoind (or neutrino/equivalent) behind it, and each needing an address that does not rotate — channel peers memorize your endpoint, and every change costs routing while the graph relearns it. One billing rule keeps new operators out of trouble: the hosting invoice settles on-chain, so never send Lightning to the BTC invoice address. VPS from $3* (fund $50+), storage 1–5 TB NVMe from $24/mo annual-eff, dedicated with IPMI from $30.80/mo. Crypto invoice, no KYC. [Launch now](https://nulnet.com/deploy/?kind=vps&plan=business/) ## Playbook From invoice to channels - Warden to start. Dedicated when channel state should not share a noisy neighbour. - Follow [Lightning Labs documentation](https://docs.lightning.engineering/) or [Core Lightning](https://docs.corelightning.org/). Keep the backend on NVMe. - Hosting bill: on-chain BTC or USDT. ## Sizing and uptime economics A routing node is always-on, so the tier math is about state, not spikes: Warden (6 vCPU / 16 GB / 240 GB NVMe, $19.00 list, $15.20 annual-eff) handles a healthy node; when channel state and wallet keys justify isolation, dedicated metal from $30.80/mo annual-eff removes the neighbour variable entirely. Snapshots of the node directory go to the [NVMe storage ladder](https://nulnet.com/storage/) so a dead disk becomes a restore, not a force-close of every channel. ECC RAM on every SKU guards the DB; sixteen coins settle the invoice, and no KYC step exists anywhere in the flow. ## Limits A Lightning node is an allowed workload; attacking peers, channel jamming tooling or scanning ranges from the box are not. The host rents the VM and the stable IP — node operation, backups and key custody stay entirely yours. Can I pay the hosting bill over Lightning? Not yet — invoices settle on-chain in BTC, or in USDT when the bill should stay dollar-stable. Keep sats for channels, not for the host. Can bitcoind run nested on the same VPS? Yes, on every tier — nested virtualization is enabled if you isolate the backend in a VM, though most operators run both daemons directly on the host. Does the IP really stay stable? Yes. Each VPS carries its IPv4 and /64 for its lifetime, and unmetered ports mean gossip traffic never meets a quota. What happens after a disk failure? What you made of it: with channel state backed up off-box, the restore path is reinstall, restore, rescan — the reason the snapshot habit matters more on Lightning than on most workloads. ## Primary sources - [Lightning Labs documentation](https://docs.lightning.engineering/) - [Core Lightning](https://docs.corelightning.org/) - [Bitcoin Core](https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/) ## Related guides - [Minimum-data no-KYC checkout](https://nulnet.com/guides/anonymous-vps-crypto-no-kyc/) - [Buy a VPS with crypto](https://nulnet.com/buy-vps-with-crypto/) - [No-KYC VPS: requirements and limits](https://nulnet.com/no-kyc-vps/) - [Pay with Monero](https://nulnet.com/monero-vps/) - [Offshore VPS](https://nulnet.com/offshore-vps/) - [VPS vs dedicated bare-metal](https://nulnet.com/guides/vps-vs-dedicated/) - [Best no-KYC VPS 2026](https://nulnet.com/best-no-kyc-vps-2026/) - [FAQ: crypto VPS](https://nulnet.com/guides/faq-crypto-vps/) ## Checkout facts - **Price** VPS from $3/mo. Dedicated from $30.80/mo. - **Identity** No KYC. Token-only (no email) or email plus a 12-character password. No passport, phone, or card. - **Payment** Sixteen ways to settle, none of them a card: XMR and BTC lead, ETH, SOL, LTC, BNB and TRX follow, then XRP, DOGE, DASH and ADA, GRAM (TON) for Telegram-adjacent rails, and USDT on four networks — TRC-20, ERC-20, BEP-20, SPL. Live-rate invoice. - **Logs** No payload / no guest traffic logs. Billing and panel actions retained. Connection metadata ≤24h. - **Platform** KVM on ECC and local NVMe. DDoS filtering included. Facilities in 21 cities across four continents — the locations table lists each one's tier, uplink and governing law. Need Iceland or Switzerland plus no KYC? Those two carry a published premium (+20% / +35%); every other flag stays at base list. Pay BTC, USDT, XMR, BNB, XRP, GRAM (TON) or 10 more. Open deploy to pick a plan. ## Ready to launch? Build the box — VPS, storage or bare metal — create the password, pay the invoice that follows. [Launch now](https://nulnet.com/deploy/?kind=vps&plan=business/)[Dedicated](https://nulnet.com/dedicated/)