<p>Here a blockchain vps out of box ready
<a href="http://www.linkuphost.com/blockchain.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.linkuphost.com/blockchain.html</a>
It comes with preinstalled and fully synchronized blockchain core and wallet.</p>

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2018-02-06T12:56:41.153Z
2018-02-06T12:56:41.153Z
vamil42
<p>Bitcore is based on Bitcoin Core and must download the entire blockchain. Furthermore, it builds more indexes than Bitcoin Core does, so it will require more computing power and disk space than Bitcoin Core usually does. It probably won't be able to run on a cheap $5 UPS, or if it does, it will not perform very well.</p>

<p>You cannot run an instance of Insight without Bitcore or downloading the full blockchain.</p>

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2018-01-10T03:31:24.833Z
2018-01-10T03:31:24.833Z
Ava Chow
<p>The <a href="https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node/blob/master/README.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcore README</a> suggests 4 GB memory and 500 GB disk. That combination will run you about $90/month from Digital Ocean ($40 per month for their cheapest server with 4 GB of memory, plus another $50 for an additional 500GB of storage.)  There's no way you can do it for $5.</p>

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2018-01-10T04:35:32.557Z
2018-01-10T04:35:32.557Z
Nate Eldredge
<p>I want to know if someone tried <a href="https://insight.is" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://insight.is</a> and use it currently... </p>

<p>I was thinking... create a 5USD droplet and install bitcore.io + insight.is, but I don't know how it works, if that will need to download the full blockchain or will work as the SPV/Lightning wallets?</p>

<p>Because I'm making a little donation script (and a little POS based on that, and I don't want to depend from blockchain.info API)</p>

<p>Can someone give me a light in this? Will bitcore+insight works in a 5USD VPS from DigitalOcean? because I really don't want to download all the blockchain (because that will mean more money for maintain the server and my budget it's not high as excepted currently)</p>

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Run insight in VPS
KuroNeko
# Run insight in VPS

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-10)

I want to know if someone tried <https://insight.is> and use it currently...

I was thinking... create a 5USD droplet and install bitcore.io + insight.is, but I don't know how it works, if that will need to download the full blockchain or will work as the SPV/Lightning wallets?

Because I'm making a little donation script (and a little POS based on that, and I don't want to depend from blockchain.info API)

Can someone give me a light in this? Will bitcore+insight works in a 5USD VPS from DigitalOcean? because I really don't want to download all the blockchain (because that will mean more money for maintain the server and my budget it's not high as excepted currently)

**Tags:** blockchain, server, bitpay


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-06. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Here a blockchain vps out of box ready
<http://www.linkuphost.com/blockchain.html>
It comes with preinstalled and fully synchronized blockchain core and wallet.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-10. Score: 1

Bitcore is based on Bitcoin Core and must download the entire blockchain. Furthermore, it builds more indexes than Bitcoin Core does, so it will require more computing power and disk space than Bitcoin Core usually does. It probably won't be able to run on a cheap $5 UPS, or if it does, it will not perform very well.

You cannot run an instance of Insight without Bitcore or downloading the full blockchain.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-10. Score: 0

The [Bitcore README](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-node/blob/master/README.md) suggests 4 GB memory and 500 GB disk. That combination will run you about $90/month from Digital Ocean ($40 per month for their cheapest server with 4 GB of memory, plus another $50 for an additional 500GB of storage.) There's no way you can do it for $5.


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