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Crypto VPS, AI agents over MCP, trading-bot hosting and paying in USDC/USDT — no KYC.
Self-host Gitea on a VPS: your own private Git server
Run Gitea on a VPS and host your own Git repositories — issues, pull requests, CI webhooks — on a server you control. Lightweight Docker setup, dedicated IP, crypto payment, no KYC.
Run a Tor relay or bridge on a VPS (help the network — not an exit)
Donate bandwidth to the Tor network by running a middle relay or a bridge on a VPS. It strengthens censorship circumvention for people who need it. Dedicated IP, crypto payment, no KYC. This guide is a middle relay / bridge — not an exit node.
Run your own Nostr relay on a VPS (strfry, your rules)
Self-host a Nostr relay on a VPS so your notes have a home you control — set your own policies, keep an always-on copy of your events, and add resilience to a censorship-resistant network. Dedicated IP, crypto payment, no KYC.
Run your own Monero node on a VPS (full node, not mining)
Run a self-hosted Monero full node on a VPS so your own wallet talks to a daemon you control instead of a stranger's remote node — better privacy, and you help the network. Dedicated IP, crypto payment, no KYC. This is a node, not mining.
Self-host a LiteLLM proxy on a VPS: one OpenAI-compatible endpoint for every model
Put LiteLLM on your own VPS and give every app and agent a single OpenAI-compatible URL that routes to OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, local Ollama and more — with your keys, budgets and logs staying on a box you control. Crypto payment, no KYC.
You can now pay for a VPS with Solana
EQVPS now accepts Solana — USDC, USDT, PYUSD or SOL — alongside Base, Ethereum and Polygon. Sub-cent fees, confirmation in seconds, and no reason to move your funds to another chain first. Here's why we added it and who it's for.
EQVPS MCP tools: the complete list (27 client + 25 reseller)
The full, current reference for every EQVPS MCP tool — 27 client tools an AI agent uses to buy and run a crypto-paid VPS, plus 25 reseller tools for white-label partners. Endpoint, auth, and what each tool does.
Running Hummingbot on a VPS: 24/7 market-making without KYC
Hummingbot holds live WebSocket connections and cancels orders every few seconds — it can't run on a laptop that sleeps. What it actually needs from a server, how to size it, and how to pay for the box in crypto without an ID check.
Locked out of your VPS by ufw? Get back in without a reinstall
You added one firewall rule, hit enable, and your SSH froze. Don't wipe the server — the web console logs you in when SSH is dead. The exact recovery steps, the NAT-port gotcha most guides miss, and how to never lock yourself out again.
Dedicated IP or NAT VPS: which one your project actually needs
A public IPv4 costs more, and half the time you don't need it. Here's the one question that tells you whether a NAT VPS is enough or you need a dedicated IP — with concrete examples for both.
Self-hosted RAG at scale: how much RAM a vector index really eats
RAG demos run on a laptop. Production RAG with millions of embeddings is a memory problem. Here's why the index wants RAM, real numbers by corpus size, and why teams self-host it in the first place.
Hosting local LLM inference privately: what a CPU VPS can and can't do
Running Ollama or vLLM on your own server keeps prompts off a provider's logs. But CPU inference has hard limits. Here's what's realistic on a high-memory VPS, what needs a GPU, and where the private-first approach actually wins.