Monero Nodes

Running a node is the easiest way to be a part of the Monero network. Running a node serves to distribute blockchain history and relay new transactions. Nodes communicate with eachother and enforce protocol rules.

Running a node is as simple as downloading the Monero GUI/CLI wallet software and letting it run until the node is synced.

Download the latest Monero release at getmonero.org/downloads

Monero Node Hardware

Node Explorers/Lists

Resources for Node Runners

check-monero-seed-nodes – A script to check the status of Monero seed nodes
xmr.sh – xmr.sh script wizard sets up a new server running a monero node daemon with Docker compose, with your choice of SSL certificates for your domain, network selection, a Tor hidden service, Grafana dashboard and more.
Monero Suite – Build your personal docker-compose.yml file for Monero services.
Simple Monerod Docker – A simple docker image for running a Monero node.
onion-moner-blockchain-explorer – run your own Monero blockchain explorer.

Guide – Running a Simple Monero Node

Step-by-Step

Guide to running a node with the Monero GUI wallet software. Or run the node without the GUI wallet.

Step 1

Download the Monero GUI wallet, from the link above, install and run the program.

On the Mode selection screen, select either “Simple mode (bootstrap)” or “Advanced mode”

You can change the mode later if you wish.

Step 2

Now you will create a wallet.

Select “Create a new wallet” and follow the on-screen instructions.

MAKE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR RECOVERY PHRASE IF YOU INTEND TO USE THIS WALLET TO STORE MONERO.

Step 3

In the Daemon settings screen, select “Start a node automatically in the background”

In this screen you can optionally choose where the blockchain data will be saved. The Monero blockchain will take up approximately 206GB of space on your computer as of 2024.

You can select the “Prune Blockchain” option to reduce the size of the blockchain data you store on your computer down to 80GB as of 2024.

Congratulations! You are now running Monero!

The node is synchronizing with the network. The progress is displayed on the bottom left of the screen.

Leave this running and it will do its job!

Run a Monero node without the GUI wallet

Step 1

Download the Monero GUI or CLI wallet from the link above and install it or extract it to your location of choice.

Step 2

On Windows:

Go to the install/extract location (Default: C:/Program Files/Monero GUI Wallet), and start “monerod.exe”

On Linux:

Using the file explorer, go to the location where you extracted the .tar.bz2 file, right click anywhere in the file explorer window and then select “Open in Terminal” and in the terminal, type: ./monerod

Additional resources:

Monero Nodes

Running a node is the easiest way to be a part of the Monero network. Running a node serves to distribute blockchain history and relay new transactions. Nodes communicate with eachother and enforce protocol rules.

Running a node is as simple as downloading the Monero GUI/CLI wallet software and letting it run until the node is synced.

Download the latest Monero release at getmonero.org/downloads

Monero Node Hardware

Node Explorers/Lists

Resources for Node Runners

Guide – Running a Simple Monero Node

Step-by-Step

Step 1

Download the Monero GUI wallet, from the link above, install and run the program.

On the Mode selection screen, select either “Simple mode (bootstrap)” or “Advanced mode”

You can change the mode later if you wish.

Step 2

Now you will create a wallet.

Select “Create a new wallet” and follow the on-screen instructions.

MAKE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR RECOVERY PHRASE IF YOU INTEND TO USE THIS WALLET TO STORE MONERO.

Step 3

In the Daemon settings screen, select “Start a node automatically in the background”

In this screen you can optionally choose where the blockchain data will be saved. The Monero blockchain will take up approximately 206GB of space on your computer as of 2024.

You can select the “Prune Blockchain” option to reduce the size of the blockchain data you store on your computer down to 80GB as of 2024.

Congratulations! You are now running Monero!

The node is synchronizing with the network. The progress is displayed on the bottom left of the screen.

Leave this running and it will do its job!

Run a Monero node without the GUI wallet

Step 1

Download the Monero GUI or CLI wallet from the link above and install it or extract it to your location of choice.

Step 2

On Windows:

Go to the install/extract location (Default: C:/Program Files/Monero GUI Wallet), and start “monerod.exe”

On Linux:

Using the file explorer, go to the location where you extracted the .tar.bz2 file, right click anywhere in the file explorer window and then select “Open in Terminal” and in the terminal, type: ./monerod

Additional resources:

How to run a Monero node over Tor (video)