Self-hosted blockchain node: challenges and solutions

Running a self-hosted blockchain node — one that validates transactions and provides blockchain data to dapps, wallets, and exchanges — is a key way to participate in and help secure a decentralized network. But the real challenges emerge after deployment, not during setup. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged the problem directly: managing a node has quietly become a complex DevOps task handled by professionals, despite that never being the intention. Most teams end up choosing between