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Hi,

I am a newbie and want to buy vps hosting to try to set up a bitcoin node and one other website which is currently on shared hosting, can someone suggest which hosting provider to select, I have narrowed down to these three:
Hostgator
Bluehost
Godaddy

I am not sure about linode or digitalocean hosting as I need a managed hosting service with cpanel.

Thanks.

Avoid GoDaddy like plague when u r dealing with bitcoin. They can suspend u anytime. Hostgator & Bluehost are the 2 different brands of the same hosting giant Endurance International Group.

If u are looking for a VPS, I request u check this VPS Comparison (http://besthostfree.com/vps-hosting.html) to order your preferred configuration.

Our service feedback thread (We accept bitcoin) => https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=617213.0

I would recommend digitalocean when it comes to VPS

You can hire the server with them through a third party https://bithost.io/ where you can pay for your servers using bitcoins.

I would  recommend gandi.net (http://www.gandi.net/), better if you plan to scale up  later on .

Do they accept Bitcoin ?

Not  right now, they  dont.

If you want to setup bitcoin node for hodling wallet, then you do not need VPS. It has to be strictly offline node under your control, supervision along with multiple encrypted backups of keypools.

If you just want bitcoin node to run for blockchain parsing or as just network participant, try Digitalocan droplets.

Regards

Thanks for the suggestions will try digitalocean for now otherwise move to managed vps on bluehost.
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Out of curiosity, why has AWS missed everyones list?

I second that. Their advantage is not really price. You may get better deals from http://lowendbox.com/ but they may not be so reliable. DO is cheap and reasonably reliable. That's better than dead-n-a-month VM.



Do they have any trouble with BTC related sites? May be a good option if their free micro instance plan is still active.

Don't think they have any problem with Bitcoin, there are several people who use AWS for Bitcoin sites.

If you think that cpanel is easier than command line, that would be wrong.
Command line is cookie easy, almost as easy as learning to use cpanel thoroughly.

I would advice you to re-evaluate if you really need cpanel though, before you decide.
cpanel is a paid software and will not be easy to emulate on a barebones server.
You could try some of these though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_hosting_control_panels. Sort by open source.

as we r talking about VPS here
if anyone wants bulletproof anonymous vps do let me know host anything on it
pay with btc
do pm me

Let us know the costs as well

vps location ?

I think cost will highly vary for managed VPS vs. unmanaged VPS. It requires a mention, which someone is looking for...

You can try our Windows or Linux VPS - 1 Week FREE Trial or less than 0.01BTC for Instant Fully Managed VPS!

Just go to AntiDDoS.es/vps (http://antiddos.es/vps) and choose a virtual private server for your needs!

Why don't you try using hostsailor.com ? They accept bitcoin + they have excellent vps + low prices + best support ever.
I have used them and found them to be great

or you can buy with bitvps.com
they offer cheap vps service and accepting bitcoin payments

go here
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_VPS_providers
and you can find a complete list of vps providers accepting bitcoin payment method

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If you are looking for budget Plans see

Lowendbox.com

I recommend DigitalOcean hosting is best and reliable. It provides excellent services.

From your short listed sites i would suggest you to go for either HOSTGATOR or BLUE HOST and avoid GO DADDY because GO DADDY might not support you and you will be removed any time.

Before going to opt for vps just do one thing, go for comparisons and check its previous record.

better use free offers from big brands and then upgrade if you like it

IMHO, this is the best one I have ever come across. Plus point is, they accept Bitcoin.

LiquidWeb is pricey, but has a solid American presence.  Namecheap also has some good offers.

I am a blogger since 2012 and hosting few website since. I tried following hosting services in sequence:
ipage--> bluehost-->inmotion-->hostgator-->Siteground

I would like to suggest you to go for Siteground. Support is really really awesome. Their service operators are brilliant with ultimate quality of hosting features.
In fact you can try with their shared hosting plan.
Ask then in chat to offer you a best available deal. You may get some discount as well ;)

Hostgator and iPage have not very good reviews, definitely think about Bluehost that is good.