Allnodes

Allnodes is a non-custodial infrastructure platform that enables individuals and institutions to host validator nodes, masternodes, and full nodes across more than 100 blockchain networks without giving up custody of their assets. Founded in 2017 by Konstantin Boyko-Romanovsky, the platform has grown to manage over 25,000 active nodes and more than $1.99 billion in hosted node value, serving everyone from solo stakers running a single Ethereum validator to professional teams operating large multi-chain portfolios.

The company's core value proposition is straightforward: operators who want to earn staking or masternode rewards should not also be required to run servers. Allnodes handles the infrastructure layer — hardware, software upgrades, monitoring, and uptime — while users retain their withdrawal keys and never surrender asset custody to the platform. This is a meaningful distinction. In the standard Ethereum validator setup, for instance, Allnodes holds only the validator key, not the withdrawal key, which limits counterparty risk to operational failure rather than fund theft.

Services

Validator and Masternode Hosting

The primary service is hosted validator and masternode infrastructure, deployable in minutes through a guided setup flow. Allnodes manages ongoing software updates, hardware maintenance, and uptime monitoring on behalf of the node operator. Supported networks span a broad range of proof-of-stake chains, including Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot, Cosmos, Avalanche, Cardano, Sui, NEAR, and dozens of others. Across all chains, the platform has launched over 22,000 Ethereum validator nodes and hosts more than 30 million SOL staked to Solana validators running on its infrastructure.

Full Node Hosting

Beyond validators, Allnodes provides full node hosting with a public node infrastructure layer called PublicNode, which exposes RPC endpoints and node snapshots for developers who need reliable chain data access without running their own infrastructure.

Liquid Staking

For users who cannot meet minimum staking requirements — or simply prefer pooled exposure — Allnodes offers liquid staking on select networks. Ethereum liquid staking is available through a partnership with StakeWise, allowing participation from as little as 0.01 ETH at a 10% commission on rewards.

Bare Metal Servers

In 2024 and 2025, Allnodes expanded into dedicated bare metal server rental, targeting professional validators and high-performance workloads. These servers feature AMD EPYC processors with Zen 5 architecture, up to 128 cores, up to 1,536 GB of DDR5 RAM at 6,400 MT/s, and Gen5 NVMe storage. Networking options include 2×25 Gbit/s or 2×100 Gbit/s Mellanox adapters, with 50 TB of outbound traffic included. Servers are available in Frankfurt, Ashburn (Virginia), and Tokyo, with the Frankfurt location advertising less than 1ms latency to Jito. Certifications include ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and PCI DSS.

Solana Infrastructure

Allnodes has invested specifically in Solana validator performance. Its bare metal offering supports multiple Solana client implementations — Agave, Jito, Frankendancer, Harmonic Jito, and Rakurai — giving operators flexibility on client choice. The platform also applies a third-party performance patch developed by the validator community (kagren) that optimizes SHA256 hashing using SHA-NI instructions on AMD Zen 3, Zen 4, and Zen 5 processors, improving proof-of-history throughput. Validators select the fastest available CPU core for PoH processing automatically.

In Epoch 968, the best-performing Solana validators by total vote credits across Europe, Japan, and North America were hosted on Allnodes servers, providing concrete evidence that the platform's infrastructure can support competitive validator operations.

Service Tiers and SLAs

Allnodes structures its hosting across three service tiers:

• Basic: Single European data center location, 99.00% uptime SLA, monthly or annual prepayment. Setup fees apply for new nodes or plan downgrades.
• Advanced: Multiple global locations, 99.90% uptime SLA, priority support, API access, hourly billing capped at 672 hours per month.
• Enterprise: 99.98% uptime SLA, dedicated hardware, standby hardware provisioned for failover, high-priority support, hourly billing.

Hourly billing on the upper tiers provides cost control for validators that run intermittently or want to experiment across chains without committing to full monthly prepayments.

Slashing Insurance

For validator hosting, Allnodes provides basic insurance against slashing losses covering direct principal loss. The coverage comes with a stated boundary: it applies only when fewer than 100 nodes are slashed within any 24-hour window. This carve-out means coverage would not apply during a correlated infrastructure incident affecting many validators simultaneously — a scenario that is precisely the most costly. Users who rely on slashing insurance as a meaningful backstop should weigh this limitation.

Monitoring and Notifications

All hosted nodes receive multilayered monitoring through Allnodes' internal systems, with incident alerts delivered through Telegram, Discord, and Slack integrations. The monitoring dashboard displays live performance metrics, reward history, and node status. Staking address monitoring is also available as a standalone product, allowing users to track on-chain rewards from wallets they control externally.

Payment and Access

Allnodes accepts both cryptocurrency and fiat payment. There are no setup fees on Advanced and Enterprise plans; Basic plan setup fees exist for new nodes and downgrades. Prepayment discounts of up to 20% are available for longer commitments on bare metal servers, with larger savings for extended contracts.

Who Allnodes Serves

The platform fits a wide range of operators. Solo stakers who want to run an Ethereum or Solana validator without managing a server are the clearest use case: the non-custodial model keeps them in control of their keys while outsourcing the operational burden. Small teams running multi-chain validator portfolios can consolidate infrastructure management through a single dashboard. Projects that need reliable full nodes or RPC endpoints for development can use the PublicNode layer without dedicated hosting contracts.

Large institutional allocators requiring highly customized incident response, multi-region redundancy beyond what tier pricing provides, or operator diversification to avoid concentration risk may find the platform's standardized tiers constraining. Correlated outage risk is real when a meaningful share of a network's validators runs on the same infrastructure provider, a consideration that applies equally to all managed hosting services.

Allnodes holds a AAA rating from StakingRewards and has maintained consistent operations since 2017, making it one of the more established managed infrastructure providers in the staking industry.