Community Relay Nodes

The limitation is one CRN per person, per region. This means you can run a total of seven CRNs, one in each region. Please see this page for information on specifications and regions.

CRNs can be run by individuals and businesses.

For our current estimation, 1,000 CRNs are appropriate for the market, with room to scale up. However, we are dedicated to ensuring that we can address the needs of the market as they change, and we will continually review if […]

No. But if, for example, 200 applications for CRNs (the limit for Europe) are made for Germany, we will need this to spread more evenly across Europe. The foundation would handle this with individual operators if it occurs.

We recommend the following specs to run a CRN: OS: Ubuntu 16.04 CPU: Minimum 2 Cores RAM: Minimum 4GB HDD: Minimum 200GB (SSD not mandatory) Port Speed: Minimum 100 Mbps A TLD (Top Level Domain) you can control An SSL […]

Yes.

Yes, but you need to make sure you meet our standard recommendations.

Every ~1,024 Ledgers the network will calculate all burned fees and reimburse them in equal shares to all active CRNs.

No. However, you can find a calculation sheet here that has dummy estimations.