20160620 Update!

I have a node running in india, which can now be seen on the monerohash.com map. I have also setup a pool on the node, which can be accessed at http://indianodejones.moneroworld.com/. (thanks to moneromooo for the brilliant name idea). The pool is unique in that the payout threshold is relatively high compared to other pools.

The node is extremely lightweight, and its a testament to monero core developers how well everything can run on minimal resources. This is running on a 10$ / month digital ocean droplet, with 1 GB ram, 1 cpu, 30 GB SSD, and 2 TB transfer. Its also running the pool software and an i2p instance. I will eventually create the i2p bridge and try to get mwo12's block explorer running.

I got this node for free by using some promo code, but it will eventually need to be funded. We can keep a node in india going for 10$ a month!

The Problem - Monero needs more nodes, because more nodes are good (right?).

The solution - put up Monero nodes all over the world. For a good list of "exotic" vps providers, check out this link.

Critiques - putting nodes in data centers isn't really in the spirit of a homegrown cryptocurrency and even I have railed against hosting nodes in datacenters.

Critique rebuttal - who cares, everyone does it.

My Proposal

I will manage what I call a supernodes wherever I can find a great price and hosted wherever there's a gap on the node map:

Why do I call it a supernode? Because it will run the following:

Monero core with its rpc port open (for remote wallet access, add it to node.moneroworld.com dns entry) and its p2p ports (obviously) open Monero pool with 100% of the fee going to Monero core development i2p daemon with tunnels open for a bridge node (see moneroworld.i2p.xyz for explanation of bridge nodes) moneroexamples onion blockexplorer if I can ever get it to compile monero testnet node

Truth be told, 3 and 5 may put a bit of stress on a 1 core VPS with barely a gig of ram. And due to the current design of Monero, running 1 and 2 will require 2 instances of Monero (due to the restricted rpc being necessary for remote wallets, but the pool needs an open rpc for mining). I have no idea what the load of 4 is because I've never run it, but we might as well try and find out.

Current spots for map gaps

India,

http://www.prometeus.net/site/

Singapore,

https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/

or amazon

One keeps popping up on Brazil. I wish I could find a good VPS provider in Venezuela.

in brazil, hosted at https://manage.host1plus.com:

The specs are -

CPU 1 Core RAM 768 MB HDD 60 GB Bandwidth 1000 GB

For a lot more $$$, we can get more cpus etc.

The good thing is they take bitcoin, so it will be paid via xmr.to !!