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// dedicated celo rpc node

Private Celo RPC Endpoints on a Dedicated Node

A private Celo RPC endpoint on single-tenant NVMe bare metal. Full or archive op-geth nodes with op-node and eigenda-proxy, served over HTTPS and WebSocket, with zero rate limits and no compute units.

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  • Private Endpoint, Zero Rate Limits
  • No Compute Units, Unlimited Requests
  • Full & Archive op-geth Builds
  • op-node + eigenda-proxy L2 Stack
  • ~1s Blocks, NVMe State Reads
  • 20+ Global Tier III Locations
deploy.shlive

$ rs deploy celo --type full --region fra

allocating single-tenant bare metal

restoring celo l2 snapshot

connecting ethereum l1 settlement rpc

starting op-node + eigenda-proxy

attaching DDoS shield + IP allowlist

private endpoint live · https + wss

region Frankfurt · op-geth + op-node · ~1s blocks

  • UnlimitedRequests
  • ZeroRate Limits
  • 100%Isolation
// why redswitches

Why Teams Run Celo Nodes With RedSwitches

A single-tenant node with people behind it: unlimited throughput, a named account manager, direct engineering access, and billing built for Web3 teams.

Unlimited RPS & Responses

One node, unlimited requests and responses. No compute units, no rate caps, no overage bills. A flat monthly price, run as hard as the hardware allows.

Dedicated Account Manager

A named account manager who knows your setup, not a ticket queue. One contact for provisioning, scaling, and anything urgent.

Direct Engineering Access

Talk to the engineers who run the metal. op-geth/op-reth config, op-node and eigenda-proxy tuning, snapshot strategy, and the Ethereum L1 settlement dependency, handled by people who run Celo nodes daily.

20+ Global Data Centers

Place your node beside your users across 20+ Tier III locations. Multi-region for redundancy, split read and write endpoints.

Pay In Crypto

Settle in crypto or fiat, CELO included. Flexible billing for Web3 teams, with the same predictable flat monthly price either way.

Tailored Load Balancing

Custom load balancing, failover, and split read/write topology, designed and tuned for your traffic by our engineers.

// request your endpoint

Configure Your Celo Node

Pick a node type, tell us your workload, and an engineer sizes and quotes it. One flat monthly price, no compute units, no overages.

1 Dedicated Node = Unlimited RequestsNo Compute Units$0 Overages, Guaranteed

Celo Full Node

For wallets, payments, dApps & indexers

CPU
4–8 high-clock cores (8 recommended)
RAM
16–32 GB DDR4/DDR5
Storage
1 TB+ NVMe (grows with chain state)
Network
100 Mbps+ on a 10/25 Gbps port
Stack
op-geth + op-node + eigenda-proxy & an Ethereum L1 RPC
Best for
  • Current-state reads, writes, and tx submission
  • HTTP and WebSocket subscriptions
  • Needs an Ethereum L1 endpoint (bring or host with us)
Included with every node
  • Unlimited RPS, no rate limits
  • HTTPS & WebSocket (WSS)
  • 99.99% uptime SLA
  • Multi-region endpoints
  • Private networking + IP allowlisting
  • 24/7 Web3 engineering support
From$199/moflat, no compute units

Final price is sized to the node specs your chain needs (full vs archive, storage, region), and typically lands 30-40% below comparable RPC providers.

Node specs above are based on the official Celo documentation.

View official Celo node docs →

Inquiring about: Celo · Full Node

Replies in ~5 minA RedSwitches Web3 engineer specs your private endpoint

No compute units, no rate limits. From $199/mo, flat.

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// why dedicated

Stop Fighting For Bandwidth On Shared Celo RPC

Shared Celo RPC pools throttle you, bill you per compute unit, and seat you next to noisy neighbors. A dedicated Celo node is your own private backbone: flat-priced, uncapped, and yours alone.

CapabilityShared RPC PoolRedSwitches Dedicated
Request limitsHard rate caps and compute-unit quotas throttle your Celo calls the moment traffic spikesZero rate limits, your Celo node serves unlimited requests up to what the hardware can push
ResourcesA noisy-neighbor pool where another tenant's mint or airdrop steals the throughput you paid for100% single-tenant CPU, RAM, and NVMe, reserved for your Celo workload alone
BillingPer-compute-unit metering with surprise overage bills at the end of the monthOne flat monthly price for the whole node, $0 overages and no usage math
NetworkShared, throttled bandwidth you can neither see nor controlA dedicated 10 / 25 Gbps port, metered or unmetered, that is yours alone
PrivacyA public, pooled endpoint with a wide, shared attack surfaceA private Celo endpoint behind included DDoS protection and IP allowlisting
History & specsLimited history and fixed plans you cannot resize as you growFull Celo archive with custom RAM and disk, sized to your query depth
ControlNo server access, the provider picks the client, version, and configFull root, KVM, and IPMI, run the Celo client and tuning you choose
// network details

Celo Node Specifications

The chain IDs, clients, transports, and JSON-RPC namespaces your dedicated Celo node ships with. Built to a standard so your existing tooling connects with no changes.

Chain Parameters

Networks
Celo Mainnet, Celo Sepolia, Alfajores
Chain IDs
Mainnet 42220 · Sepolia 11142220 · Alfajores 44787
Native token
CELO (stablecoins usable as fee currency)
Stack
OP Stack L2 (Optimism Superchain), settles to Ethereum L1
Data availability
EigenDA (eigenda-proxy)
Block time
~1 second
Transports
HTTPS and WebSocket
Archive
Full L2 state (pre-transition history via legacy Celo L1 archive)
Dependency
Requires an Ethereum L1 RPC endpoint
Explorer
celoscan.io, explorer.celo.org

Supported Clients

Execution clients
  • op-geth
  • op-reth
Rollup node
  • op-node
Data availability
  • eigenda-proxy

JSON-RPC Namespaces

  • eth_
  • net_
  • web3_
  • debug_
  • txpool_

You control which namespaces are exposed. Enable debug and trace on archive builds, keep the rest private behind IP allowlisting.

// use cases

What Teams Build On Celo Nodes

Where a private, uncapped endpoint beats a shared RPC pool.

Stablecoin Payment Flows

Payment apps break when reads lag or transaction submission gets crowded. A dedicated Celo RPC node keeps checkout flows, remittance paths, and merchant payouts predictable when stablecoin movement must stay reliable under live user traffic.

Mobile Wallet Paths

Wallet backends handle balance checks, token lookups, send flows, and status polling all day. Dedicated Celo RPC keeps response times cleaner than public or shared endpoints can hold during demand spikes.

MiniPay App Growth

MiniPay is built around lightweight, stablecoin-first experiences. As usage rises, dedicated Celo RPC helps mini apps keep account reads, transaction prompts, and payment actions moving without waiting through crowded shared infrastructure.

DeFi Frontend Bursts

Trading screens and liquidity dashboards trigger constant price reads, contract calls, and transaction sends. Dedicated Celo RPC fits DeFi products that need steadier throughput during market moves, campaign launches, or sharp user bursts.

Indexer Data Pipelines

Analytics systems read chain data in bulk, not one wallet call at a time. A dedicated Celo node suits indexers, research dashboards, and ETL jobs that need repeatable ingestion windows and fewer shared-traffic surprises.

Historical Query Depth

Some products need more than the latest block. Compliance views, portfolio history, tax records, and research tools depend on deeper lookbacks, making dedicated Celo RPC a better fit than endpoints tuned for current-state reads.

// how it works

From Celo To Private Endpoint In 3 Steps

Pick a node, we provision dedicated bare metal, you get a private, snapshot-ready RPC URL.

  1. 01

    Pick Your Celo Node

    Choose full or archive, and bring or host the Ethereum L1 RPC your op-node settles to. Pick the region closest to your users or your indexers.

  2. 02

    We Provision Bare Metal

    Your single-tenant op-geth + op-node + eigenda-proxy deploys on dedicated NVMe, bootstrapped from a current Celo snapshot, so you skip the long replay.

  3. 03

    Get Your Private Endpoint

    Receive a dedicated HTTPS + WSS RPC URL with unlimited requests and zero rate limits, private behind IP allowlisting and DDoS protection.

// latency & locations

Put Your Node Where Milliseconds Are Won

RPC latency is mostly a function of distance. A dedicated node lets you choose the exact region, so you sit next to the traffic that matters instead of fighting for routing on a shared, far-away endpoint.

Place It Where Your Users Are

Deploy across 20+ Tier III locations in the US, EU, Asia, and Australia. Put your Celo node in the region your traffic actually comes from, not wherever a shared pool happens to route you.

Cut The Round Trips

RPC latency is mostly physical distance. Running in the same region as the Celo sequencer shaves the round-trips a far-away, shared endpoint can never give back, which is what high-frequency reads and transaction submission live or die on.

Multi-Region By Design

Run a primary node plus regional read replicas for fast reads everywhere and built-in redundancy. Split public read endpoints from private admin, debug, and trace endpoints.

Need a node within a target latency budget of a specific region or venue? Tell us the endpoint and we'll recommend the closest facility.

// supported chains

One Backbone For Every Major Chain

Run validators, RPC, and archive nodes across the chains your stack depends on, all on the same dedicated bare metal, with the same isolation, speed, and control.

// customer reviews

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// faqs

Frequently Asked Questions

Chain IDs, clients, archive data, getLogs limits, and why dedicated beats compute-unit billing.

What is a Dedicated Celo RPC Node?

A Dedicated Celo RPC Node is a Celo node stack that runs on hardware reserved for your workload only. You are not sharing CPU, RAM, disk, or network capacity with other customers, which gives you more control over performance, access rules, and maintenance windows. On Celo today, that usually means running the L2 node architecture with the execution client and rollup node components on infrastructure sized for your app's real traffic.

Can I run a Celo validator node?

Not in the old sense. Celo is now an OP-Stack L2, not the previous single-client L1 with its own validator set, so there is no permissionless, stake-to-earn RPC validator to provision here. What we deploy is the L2 node stack, op-geth plus op-node (and eigenda-proxy for data availability), as a fast full or archive RPC node. That is what wallets, payments backends, and indexers actually call, and it is what a dedicated node should serve.

Do I need an Ethereum L1 endpoint to run a Celo RPC node?

Yes. As an OP-Stack L2, Celo settles to Ethereum, so op-node connects to an Ethereum L1 RPC endpoint as its settlement layer. If that parent-chain endpoint is slow or rate-limited, your Celo node can fall behind, which shows up as stale reads and delayed indexing. You can bring your own Ethereum endpoint, or run Ethereum on dedicated servers with us in the same region for tighter latency and steadier sync.

Do I need a full node or an archive node for my Celo app?

Most apps start with a full node. That covers current-state reads, transaction submission, and the majority of day-to-day RPC traffic. Archive mode makes sense when you need deeper historical state access, older block context, heavier research queries, or products that depend on broad lookbacks across chain history. On Celo, archive planning matters more because a pre-transition historical state can require a legacy Celo L1 archive source as part of the design.

Can I query historical state on a Dedicated Celo RPC Node?

Yes, but you need to be precise about what "historical" means on Celo. Post-transition archive data can be served by the L2 archive setup, while pre-transition execution and state access may need proxying to a legacy Celo L1 archive node. That is why we treat archive planning as an architecture decision, not a checkbox. If your product depends on older state, we size and structure the deployment around that from the start.

How do I choose the right server size for my expected traffic?

Start with the node role, then map the traffic shape. Celo's current operator guide puts mainnet at 16GB+ RAM, 1TB+ SSD with NVMe preferred, 4 CPU minimum, 8 CPU recommended, and 100mb/s+ download as a baseline. From there, we size upward based on whether you are serving private RPC only, websocket-heavy traffic, indexers, analytics, or archive workloads. In practice, traffic pattern matters more than raw request count because a wallet backend and an indexer stress the node very differently.

Do I get root access, KVM, and IPMI with a Dedicated Celo RPC Node?

Yes. That is one of the biggest differences between dedicated infrastructure and API-only RPC services. With RedSwitches, dedicated RPC deployments can include root access, KVM, and IPMI, which gives your team direct control for troubleshooting, recovery, boot-level work, and custom server tuning. Even on managed dedicated servers, you still keep full root or Administrator access.

What support is available if the node falls behind or traffic patterns change?

You can choose a managed or an unmanaged service. In unmanaged mode, you keep full server control, and we focus on infrastructure availability. In managed mode, our engineers can assist with core server-side operations, while your team keeps control of node policy, configs, and application decisions. If the node falls behind, the first step is usually to check sync health, resource pressure, storage behavior, and network reachability, then adjust sizing or architecture if the workload has changed.

Do you charge per request or per compute unit?

No. Unlike shared RPC providers that bill per "compute unit" and throttle you past a quota, a dedicated node is a flat monthly price with unlimited requests and zero overages. One node equals all the throughput your hardware can serve. That makes budgeting predictable and removes the surprise bills that come with usage-based RPC pricing.

How is this different from a shared RPC endpoint?

Shared RPC pools serve thousands of customers from pooled infrastructure, so you inherit rate limits, noisy-neighbor latency, and compute-unit billing. A RedSwitches node runs on single-tenant bare metal that is yours alone: reserved CPU, RAM, and NVMe, a dedicated 10/25 Gbps port, and a private endpoint you control. Performance tracks your hardware, not another tenant's traffic.

Do I have to sync the node myself, or wait days for it?

No. We provision from current snapshots so your node is live in hours rather than syncing from genesis for days. You can run it yourself with full root access, or choose our fully managed option where our engineers handle the sync, updates, and monitoring. Either way you receive a working private endpoint, not an empty server.

Can I deploy close to a specific region or sequencer?

Yes. With 20+ Tier III locations across the US, EU, Asia, and Australia you can place your node in the same region as your users or a chain's sequencer to cut round-trip latency. Tell us your target region and we will recommend the closest facility. You can also run multi-region nodes for redundancy and split read and write endpoints.

// developer resources

Celo Developer Resources

Official Celo resources for builders running a node: docs, explorers, source, network status, and faucets. Every link points at the first-party source, not a wrapper.

// launch your node

Launch Your Private Celo Node

From $199/mo flat, sized to your chain's node specs and typically 30-40% below other providers. Snapshot-ready provisioning, zero setup fees, 24/7 Web3 engineers, no compute units, no rate limits.

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