DATA Network (formerly Story) Dedicated RPC Node
DATA Network (formerly Story) is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 that pairs a Geth-fork execution client (story-geth) with a Cosmos SDK and CometBFT consensus client (story) for registering, licensing and auditing IP and AI training data. On 25 June 2026 the Story Foundation became The DATA Foundation, Story Network became DATA Network and the IP token migrates one-to-one to DATA; mainnet chain ID remains 1514. Argusnodes runs it for you on bare metal that is only yours: no rate limits, every method on, one flat monthly price. Configure it below and a firm quote lands within the hour.
Everything your DATA Network (formerly Story) node needs. Nothing sold as an add-on.
- No rate limits: the hardware is the only ceiling
- Every RPC method on, debug and trace included
- Unlimited WebSocket connections
- Your own domain and an IP allowlist you control
- 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities, you pick
- 99.99% SLA in writing, with service credits
- 24/7 support answered by engineers
- Live p50 and p99 for your node in the dashboard
- Card, bank transfer or crypto; monthly, cancel any month
Configure your DATA Network (formerly Story) node. Firm price within the hour.
Pick the node type, client, tuning and region. The figure shown is the band's starting price; your quote is a firm, flat monthly number for exactly this configuration, around the clock.
Prefer to talk first? Reach an engineer on any support channel: same one-hour promise. Band pricing is explained on the pricing page.
What your DATA Network (formerly Story) dedicated node is built from.
Every row below is taken from DATA Network (formerly Story)'s official documentation (docs.datafdn.org), last reviewed against it on 22 Aug 2026, not from what is convenient to sell. Where the documentation is silent, the row says so.
| Node software | story-geth, story |
| Interfaces | JSON-RPC, WebSocket, CometBFT RPC |
| Full node | Yes, from $199/mo (standard band) |
| Archive node | Yes, from $799/mo |
| Validator | Public validator role; quoted per setup. Minimum stake 1024 tokens per docs; active set reduced to 21 validators in the Seneca upgrade. |
| Chain ID | 1514 |
| Gas token | DATA |
| Official hardware guidance | Full node (mainnet): Dedicated 8 Cores CPU, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB NVMe Drive and 25 MBit/s bandwidth; no separate validator or archive figures are given. source ↗ |
| Locations | 18 Tier-3 cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
| SLA | 99.99% uptime, written, with credits |
What changed on DATA Network (formerly Story) recently (reviewed 22 Aug 2026)
- On 25 Jun 2026 the Story Foundation announced it is becoming The DATA Foundation, Story Network becomes DATA Network and $IP becomes $DATA with a one-to-one migration; RPCs and integrations are unchanged and the validator set was unchanged on that day. source ↗
- Seneca (story v1.8.0, released 25 May 2026) was a mandatory hardfork at height 18,173,000 that reduced the active validator set from 80 to 21 per SIP-00011. source ↗
- Story-Geth v1.2.3 (10 Aug 2026) is a mandatory security upgrade of the execution client for mainnet (IP Graph precompile gas metering) and all operators are required to upgrade. source ↗
- Earlier 2025 upgrades a buyer should know: story-geth v1.1.1 enabled Pectra on mainnet (19 Jun 2025), story v1.3.2 raised the validator cap from 64 to 80 (8 Aug 2025) and story v1.4.2 Terence shipped security fixes (12 Dec 2025). source ↗
Choosing the DATA Network (formerly Story) client for the workload.
DATA Network (formerly Story)'s documentation covers 2 node clients. You name the client, or describe the workload and we recommend one; either way it is built, synced and tuned for you.
story-geth is the execution client, a Geth fork with the IPGraph and RIP-7212 precompiles that serves the Ethereum JSON-RPC/WebSocket APIs and can run in --gcmode=archive.
story is the consensus client built on the Cosmos SDK and CometBFT that drives the execution client over the Engine API and exposes CometBFT RPC on 26657; it is the binary validators run.
What to order for your DATA Network (formerly Story) workload.
Each card is a configuration you can pick above, with the reason it fits.
Trading bots and MEV
Order: Full node · WebSocket on · bot/MEV tuning · city nearest DATA Network (formerly Story)'s block producers
Burst as hard as the strategy needs. No rate limits and no noisy neighbours on the hot path; we pick the city from latency measurement, not a map.
BUILT FOR BOTS →Indexing and analytics
Order: Archive node from $799/mo · indexing tuning
Backfills, trace and historical queries on DATA Network (formerly Story) run unmetered on your own machine.
BUILT FOR INDEXERS →dApps and wallets
Order: Full node · your domain · IP allowlist · city near your users
Serve your users from your own DATA Network (formerly Story) endpoint with unlimited connections and a 99.99% SLA in writing.
WHY DEDICATED →Exchanges and payments
Order: Full node · IP allowlist · transaction-heavy tuning · per-node monitoring
Deposit and withdrawal scanning on DATA Network (formerly Story) from an endpoint only your systems can reach.
BUILT FOR EXCHANGES →Staking and validator ops
Order: Validator setup, quoted · same 24/7 watch as RPC nodes
DATA Network (formerly Story) has a public validator role. Tell us the stake setup and we quote the machine and the operations.
CONFIGURE A VALIDATOR →The DATA Network (formerly Story) RPC node provider comparison: Argusnodes vs QuickNode vs Chainstack vs Helius vs Allnodes vs Zeeve vs RPC Fast.
How the providers in this market are built, from their own public pages. Per-chain availability varies by provider, so check their chain lists for DATA Network (formerly Story); we build DATA Network (formerly Story) on order either way, from $199/mo flat.
| Provider | Dedicated offering | Pricing model | Rate limits | Support | Chain coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusnodes | Dedicated only: bare metal, single tenant, every node | One flat monthly price, nothing metered | None. The hardware is the only ceiling | 24/7 engineers on ticket, chat, Telegram, Slack. No paid tier | Any chain with a running network, built on order |
| QuickNode | Dedicated Clusters, an Enterprise add-on: two or more nodes of one chain, isolated, at a fixed monthly rate | API credits per method call, monthly allotments plus overage | 15 to 500 requests/sec by plan (Free through Business+); "Custom RPS" on Enterprise | Ticket support with 24h to 8h SLAs by plan; priority support is a paid add-on on Business+; dedicated support on Enterprise | 79 chains, 137 networks (their figure) |
| Chainstack | Managed dedicated nodes, single tenant, from the Pro plan up | Request Units per API call, monthly quotas plus overage | 25 to 600 requests/sec by plan; unlimited on Enterprise | Priority support is paid: $100/mo Professional, $1,000/mo Premium | 70+ protocols (their figure) |
| Helius | Dedicated Solana nodes from $2,900/mo; Solana only | Credits, monthly allotments per plan | 10 to 500 requests/sec by plan, plus sendTransaction/sec caps; no rate limits on dedicated nodes | Chat on paid plans; Telegram and Slack from the $999/mo plan up | Solana only |
| Allnodes | Per-node plans; a dedicated server on the Enterprise tier of its EVM chains and on every Solana tier | Per-node monthly plans, tiered by server type (shared, VPS or dedicated) | Advertises unlimited requests on its Base, BSC, Arbitrum and OP Mainnet node plans; not stated for other chains | Basic, priority or high-priority support by tier | 93 blockchains (their figure) |
| Zeeve | Dedicated RPC plans: $149, $299, $599 per month billed monthly (25% less on annual) | Monthly plans with request allowances: 250M/mo Basic, 2B/mo Advance; unmetered only on Enterprise | Monthly request caps on dedicated plans below Enterprise; no requests/sec figure published | Premium on Basic; priority support and Telegram/Slack from the $299/mo plan up; account manager on Enterprise | Over 30 public blockchain RPCs (their figure); 15 named on the dedicated page |
| RPC Fast | Dedicated Solana in three tiers from $2,200/mo (their dedicated-nodes page says from $2,500); other chains as node clusters from $2,000/mo plus infrastructure costs | Shared plans on compute units with overage at $5 per 1M CU; dedicated priced per node or cluster | 15 to 500 requests/sec plus WebSocket caps on shared plans; the Pro dedicated Solana tier says no rate limits | Community on free; email with 24h and 12h SLAs; priority chat with 8h SLA from the $499/mo plan | Up to 85 blockchains (their figure); Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and Solana named on the pricing page |
Competitor facts read from each provider's own public pricing and documentation pages, August 2026: QuickNode · Chainstack · Helius · Allnodes · Zeeve · RPC Fast. Their terms can change; check their pages for current figures. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it the same day. Provider names link to the full comparison.
The DATA Network (formerly Story) RPC node endpoint provider that hands you the keys.
Your DATA Network (formerly Story) endpoint lives on your own domain, locked to the IPs you allowlist, served from the city you choose across 18 Tier-3 datacentre locations. The node exposes JSON-RPC, WebSocket, CometBFT RPC as documented by DATA Network (formerly Story). Live p50 and p99 latency for your node streams to your dashboard, and the 99.99% SLA applies in writing. New to dedicated nodes? The dedicated RPC node guide covers the model end to end.
Chain facts on this page are sourced from DATA Network (formerly Story)'s official documentation, and you can check them yourself:
DATA Network (formerly Story) dedicated node: the questions buyers ask.
How long until my DATA Network (formerly Story) node is live?
A firm quote lands within the hour, around the clock. Go-live depends on DATA Network (formerly Story)'s sync characteristics for your configuration and the client you pick (story-geth, story); your quote includes a go-live estimate for exactly that setup rather than a number that is sometimes wrong.
What is included in the from $199/mo for my DATA Network (formerly Story) node?
Everything the node can do: no rate limits, every RPC method including debug and trace, unlimited WebSocket connections, your own domain with an IP allowlist, 18 cities to choose from, a 99.99% SLA with credits, 24/7 engineer support and live p50/p99 in your dashboard. There is no add-on price list because nothing is an add-on.
Which DATA Network (formerly Story) client should I choose?
story-geth: story-geth is the execution client, a Geth fork with the IPGraph and RIP-7212 precompiles that serves the Ethereum JSON-RPC/WebSocket APIs and can run in --gcmode=archive. story: story is the consensus client built on the Cosmos SDK and CometBFT that drives the execution client over the Engine API and exposes CometBFT RPC on 26657; it is the binary validators run.
Does Argusnodes run DATA Network (formerly Story) archive nodes and trace methods?
Yes. DATA Network (formerly Story)'s documentation describes full-history operation; we run DATA Network (formerly Story) archive nodes from $799/mo with trace and historical queries unmetered. Debug and trace methods are on for full nodes too, within their state window.
Can I run a DATA Network (formerly Story) validator with Argusnodes?
Yes. DATA Network (formerly Story) has a public validator role (Minimum stake 1024 tokens per docs; active set reduced to 21 validators in the Seneca upgrade), and we operate validators under the same monitoring and support as RPC nodes, quoted per setup. Pick "Validator" in the configurator and describe the stake setup.
Can I migrate my DATA Network (formerly Story) endpoint from QuickNode, Chainstack or another provider?
Yes. A dedicated DATA Network (formerly Story) node speaks the same JSON-RPC and WebSocket and CometBFT RPC interfaces as the shared endpoint you use today, so migration is pointing your application at your own endpoint. Billing is monthly with no lock-in on our side, and support engineers are on the channels 24/7 during cutover.
Which city should I pick for my DATA Network (formerly Story) node?
Any of 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific. Deploy near your users for an app, or ask us where DATA Network (formerly Story) latency is lowest for a bot; we answer from measurement. Need a city we do not list? Ask.
Are there rate limits or connection caps on a dedicated DATA Network (formerly Story) node?
No artificial ones. The machine is yours alone, so the hardware is the only ceiling: if it can serve the request, you can send it. There is no per-plan connection cap because there is no plan tier.
How do I pay for my DATA Network (formerly Story) node, and can I cancel?
Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer or crypto, billed monthly. Cancel at the end of any monthly term; the node is provisioned for you alone, so there is no meter to escape and no exit fee.
How does Argusnodes compare to QuickNode, Chainstack and other DATA Network (formerly Story) RPC providers?
Argusnodes is dedicated-only: a bare-metal DATA Network (formerly Story) node with no rate limits at one flat price from $199/mo. As of August 2026, per their own pricing pages: QuickNode sells dedicated clusters through enterprise sales without published prices, Chainstack bills dedicated nodes per hour on top of a paid plan, and Zeeve applies monthly request allowances on dedicated plans below its Enterprise tier. The comparison table on this page links every source.
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