Celestia node
A Celestia node of your own. Consensus node or validator.
Celestia has four kinds of node, and two of them run here. Rent a consensus node (celestia-app, pruned) with RPC, REST and gRPC behind a private URL, or a validator that signs blocks. Bridge and light nodes are a different program, and we do not sell them. A backup node sits beside yours.
Updated . Prices checked .
- Full
- $139/mo
- Validator
- $219/mo
- Ready
- 24 h
On this pageFull or validator
02Full or validator
Which Celestia node do you need?
Celestia splits its work across four kinds of node. A consensus node syncs the chain. A validator also produces and votes on blocks. A bridge node relays blocks between the data availability network and the consensus network. A light node samples data. Ours are the first two.
Full node
$139/mo
- Is
- A pruned consensus node: celestia-app following mainnet and checking every block
- Serves
- CometBFT RPC, REST and gRPC for wallets, explorers and indexers
- Keeps
- A pruned store. The Celestia docs measured about 206 GB for one
- Not included
- A bridge node or a light node. Those run celestia-node and answer blob and data availability queries
- Archive
- Not offered. An archival consensus node measured about 10 TB in the Celestia docs
Validator
$219/mo
- Does
- Produces and votes on blocks under your validator key. The TIA you bond is yours, from a wallet you control
- Hardware gate
- Validators must use hardware that passes the Celestia CPU benchmark. The docs recommend a 32-core or bigger CPU with GFNI and SHA-NI instructions
- Set size
- The Celestia mainnet page lists 100 validators
- Risk
- Double signing costs 2 percent of the stake and removes the validator for good. It cannot be unjailed
- Key
- Only one machine ever holds the signing key. The node beside it is never given a copy, so it has no way to sign the same block twice
- Exit
- The official pages and on-chain trackers disagree on unbonding time, so read it from the live chain before you stake
The one-line test
Do you need to read the consensus chain, or sign blocks? Take the consensus node or the validator. Do you need blobs or data availability sampling? That is a bridge or light node, and it is not on this page.
03How it works
Inside a Celestia consensus node.
Two programs share the server. One agrees on blocks with the network. The other holds Celestia's own rules.
CometBFT
Agrees on the next block with other Celestia nodes.
celestia-app
Applies each block to Celestia state. A validator also signs with its key here.
Local link
The two parts talk to each other on the same server.
Your endpoint
You query it at your private URL on nodes.herorpc.com, using RPC, REST or gRPC.
This is the consensus side of Celestia. Blobs and sampling belong to celestia-node, a separate program.
gRPC usually answers on port 9090. A bridge node can read from it when [grpc] enable = true is set in app.toml.
Blob and data availability queries go to the Celestia node API, not to the consensus RPC served here.
04Know the field
Celestia store sizes, as measured.
Early Celestia docs listed huge disks. The Celestia docs now publish what real nodes use.
The pruned consensus figure is with `pruning = "default"` and `min-retain-blocks = 3000`. We sell the first bar only.
Consensus node and validator, pruned
Consensus node, archival
Bridge node, pruned
Light node
Mainnet runs celestia-app v10.5.0 and celestia-node v0.34.3, with a block about every 3 seconds. Read in October 2026.
CPU, memory and network figures for Celestia nodes, from the official docs: see the node requirements index.
05Celestia, specifically
Celestia facts that decide your plan.
These come from the Celestia docs. They decide which node you rent and what a validator risks.
Four kinds, two on offer
Consensus node and validator run celestia-app. Bridge and light nodes run celestia-node. The Celestia docs describe all four on one overview page.
A CPU test comes first
A Celestia validator must use hardware that passes a CPU benchmark. Check the benchmark before you move a validator onto any machine.
Moving machines can double sign
The Celestia validator guide warns that a move to a new machine risks double signing. Stop the old node completely first.
One slash that ends it
Double signing costs 2 percent of stake, and the validator is removed for good. The Celestia slashing page says it cannot be unjailed.
The docs disagree with each other
Two official pages give different downtime windows, and unbonding time differs between the docs and trackers. Read both from the live chain.
Public endpoints are for testing
The Celestia mainnet page presents its public endpoints for development. They come with no service promise.
06Who rents one
Why teams rent one.
Teams that need a consensus endpoint nobody else shares, and operators who want a validator server.
Rollup and appchain teams
A consensus endpoint of your own to point a bridge node at, so you do not lean on a free public one.
Validator operators
A server for your signing node. TIA is bonded from your wallet, and you hold the logins.
Explorers and indexers
Read blocks and transactions from a pruned node that is yours alone.
Staking apps and wallets
Balances and delegations over gRPC or REST. Full and validator prices sit side by side.
07Price check
Under half the published price.
Allnodes publishes a Celestia full node and a validator, so both compare directly. It lists no bridge or light plan.
08What you get
Pick consensus node or validator, then the term.
Pick the node type and how long to prepay. The price updates as you choose.
Your Celestia node
Node type
Term
- A dedicated server sized for Celestia
- celestia-app with CometBFT, one endpoint
- A backup node, included
- A private endpoint on nodes.herorpc.com
- Your server logins
- No setup fee, ready within 24 hours
$139
a month, full node
Billed monthly
Pay in BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, BNB, SOL, TRX, LTC, DOGE or XMR.
10Questions
Celestia node questions
Real questions from node operators, answered plainly.
What kinds of Celestia node are there?
Four. A consensus node syncs the chain, a validator also produces and votes on blocks, a bridge node relays blocks between the data availability and consensus networks, and a light node samples data.
Which of them do you rent out?
The consensus node, which is our full plan, and the validator. Bridge and light nodes run a different program, celestia-node, and are not sold here.
Consensus node or validator: which one?
A consensus node reads and serves the chain. A validator also signs blocks with your key and takes stake from your own wallet. Start with the consensus node if you are not sure.
What are the Celestia node requirements?
For a pruned consensus node or validator, the Celestia docs list 32 GB of memory, a 32-core CPU, 2 TB of NVMe storage and 1 Gbps. Validators must also pass the CPU benchmark.
How big is a Celestia node?
The docs measured about 206 GB for a pruned consensus store. A pruned bridge store was about 317 GB. Archival stores are far larger, about 6.2 TB for a bridge and about 10 TB for a consensus node.
Is there a Celestia archive node?
Not yet. The sizes above are shown so you know what an archive would need.
Can I point my own bridge node at it?
A bridge node can use a local or remote consensus endpoint, and the Celestia docs say gRPC must be switched on. Ours is pruned, so check what your bridge needs for its first sync.
What does double signing cost?
The Celestia slashing page says 2 percent of stake, and the validator is removed for good. The spare node is never handed the signing key, so it has no way to sign again.
What does it cost?
A Celestia consensus node costs $139 a month, a validator $219. Nothing is charged to start. Prepay 12 months and pay 25 percent less.
How fast can I start?
Allow up to a day after paying. The endpoint URL and SSH details then appear on your dashboard.
Read the chain, or sign for it.
Consensus node $139, validator $219. Monthly billing, spare node included.