Private Moonbase Alpha RPC Endpoints on a Dedicated Node

No. Moonbase Alpha is Moonbeam's test network, not a production mainnet. It mirrors Moonbeam's configuration as a parachain (EVM chain ID 1287) so you can test dApps, smart contracts, and integrations before deploying to Moonbeam or Moonriver mainnet. Its DEV token is free from the faucet and has no monetary value, so a dedicated node here is about reliable staging and testing, not production traffic.

Get free DEV tokens from the Moonbase Alpha faucet, then connect with standard Ethereum tools like MetaMask, Ethers.js, or Web3.js, or with Polkadot.js for the Substrate side. Because Moonbase Alpha is EVM-compatible, the same Hardhat, Foundry, and Remix workflows you use for Ethereum work here against your private endpoint.

Yes. Moonbase Alpha runs the moonbeam client with the Frontier EVM layer, so a single node answers both Ethereum JSON-RPC (eth, net, web3, debug, txpool, and trace namespaces) and Substrate JSON-RPC (chain_, state_, system_, author_) over HTTP and WSS. You can point EVM tooling and Polkadot.js at the same endpoint.

Most teams start with a full node because it serves current-state reads and transaction submission with lower storage needs. Choose an archive node when you must query full history, build or test explorers and indexers, or run deep analytics over past blocks. If you are unsure, tell us your workload and we will map you to the right node type.

Public testnet RPCs are pooled and rate limited, which makes CI runs flaky and load tests unreliable exactly when you need reproducible results. A dedicated Moonbase Alpha RPC node gives you single-tenant resources, unlimited requests, and zero rate limits, plus your own access rules and clearer fault boundaries, so staging behaves predictably before mainnet.

Provisioning is fast. The real variable is sync time, which depends on node type, storage speed, and network conditions. We deploy from current snapshots so your node is usable in hours rather than syncing from genesis. A full node reaches a usable state earlier than an archive node because an archive has far more history to process.

Yes. Running on a dedicated server means you can scale up cores and RAM for heavier concurrency, add NVMe for archive history, and move to higher single-thread CPUs as load rises. Block production and import are largely single-threaded, so high clock speed matters most for keeping pace with throughput.

You can expose the standard HTTP and WSS RPC ports used by Moonbeam and Substrate nodes, and we recommend exposing only what you need. Many teams restrict access to known IPs, put a reverse proxy in front, and keep admin RPC closed. With full root, KVM, and IPMI access you define firewall rules that match your traffic profile.

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.

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.

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.

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.