The MeterCall L4 RPC layer is open-source and decentralized. No KYC, no whitelist, 14-day unbond. Minimum hardware: any machine with Node 18 and 512 MB RAM.
Rewards also flow 80% to delegators who stake to your node. A Tier 4 operator with 2M delegated stake sees meaningfully higher absolute call-flow routed their way.
curl -fsSL https://metercall.ai/install-node.sh | sudo bash
Ubuntu/Debian. Prompts for stake address and region.
Edit /etc/metercall/node.env with your upstream RPCs. Restart. Watch your node appear at /nodes.html.
A home Raspberry Pi 5 on residential internet runs this at zero marginal cost if you're already paying for power and broadband.
Three triggers: (1) a verified dishonest answer caught by 1% sampling against canonical source → 1% of self-stake burned; (2) a downtime incident longer than 1 hour → 10% burned; (3) provable fraud (double-signing, key theft, sybil) → 100% burned + ban. Delegated stake is never slashed directly — only operator self-stake.
Yes. Call withdraw() on NodeStaking, wait 14 days, call completeUnbond(). The unbond period is fixed in the contract and cannot be waived.
No. A Raspberry Pi 5 is Tier 1 eligible. A $5 VPS is comfortable. Only Tier 3+ operators benefit from dedicated machines with paid RPC provider keys — and they're competing for the priority-routing bonus of 2.0x at Tier 4.
PCP rewards are earned income at receipt in most jurisdictions. We don't issue 1099s — this is a decentralized network. Keep your own records. Consult a crypto-aware CPA. Nothing on this page is tax advice.
Tier 1 at 50k calls/day: under 3 GB/mo outbound. Tier 4 at 10M calls/day: 500–800 GB/mo. Most VPS plans include 1 TB free, so even pro operators usually don't pay overage.
No. The protocol is permissionless — stake PCP, register the node, serve calls. Your jurisdiction may impose its own requirements on operators; we provide no legal cover, just open code and open economics.