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Name: LRP - Labs Infra
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 12,500
Total Amnt: 37,500
Author: JSKitty
Receiver: PIVX Labs
Address: DLabsktzGMnsK5K9uRTMCF6NoYNY6ET4Bb
Created: 21-04-2026
Status: Active
Vote Hash: 282611effbb18ac2cf9dcd55e739e10ee9040bf43930c0149456e59c6cb36600Proposal Abstract
This is the routine PIVX Labs infrastructure proposal, covering the costs of Servers (monthly), Domains (yearly), and AI rental and/or GPU-time bills (monthly).
PIVX Labs operates a multi-provider infrastructure spanning four hosting providers across multiple global regions. This approach provides high redundancy and geographical distribution - while it increases complexity, it's my role as Infrastructure Manager to keep all services running smoothly, maintain tight communication with our providers for custom provisions, and balance our infrastructure workload without breaking the DAO budget.
After having completed "The Great Transition" from Njalla to Privex, we managed to cut down our total server count by half, which is both easier to manage, and cheaper in terms of resource-per-Euro, of which, our new servers are significantly beefier (by roughly 8-10x), with plentiful headroom for additional services, and a centralisation of our primary services in to designated servers.
Included in this proposal is the full PIVX Cloud, and any of its sub-services, previously hosted by Sparrow, are now covered by the expenses within this proposal.
There are no current plans to add, change or remove infrastructure within the next 3 months. Any new services coming online (such as the upcoming PIVX Task Platform) will be hosted on existing infrastructure with no need to expand further.
A minor buffer value was kept in case of potential downward swings in the next three months.
Proposal Pricing
| Amount Requested | PIV/EUR Rate | EUR Equivalent | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12,500 PIV | ~0.06 EUR (previously ~0.11 EUR) | 700 - 800 EUR | Labs Oracle |
Our Hosting Providers
Njalla - Maximum Privacy & Security
Most Expensive - Premium Redundancy
Hardware based in Sweden - direct hardware-as-a-service, not a reseller.
Status: All critical servers have been migrated to Privex. Njalla will remain as our premium redundancy and backup layer for critical services requiring maximum privacy guarantees.Privex - High Privacy, High Value
Our New Default Host for both Dedicated Servers & VPS deployments in Europe and USA
Privex offers an excellent balance of privacy-respecting policies and cost efficiency despite generally being a resale service. By transitioning our primary infrastructure to Privex, we achieve:
- Significantly higher server specs at lower costs.
- Strong privacy policies without the premium price tag.
- Reliable uptime and responsive support.
BlueVPS - Regional Distribution
Mid Privacy - High Geographical Access
BlueVPS provides access to a wide range of global datacentre locations, making them ideal for CDN-like regional servers and proxies that need to be geographically close to users for low latency and/or geographical bypasses.
Status: Used for regional edge servers, geo-block bypasses and CDN-like distribution.
LunaNode - Canadian Region
Standard Privacy - North American Coverage
LunaNode provides our Canadian-region presence, ensuring North American users have low-latency access to Labs services.
Status: Canadian regional CDN-like servers.
Infrastructure Strategy
| Provider | Privacy Level | Role | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njalla |  Maximum | Premium Redundancy | → Stable |
| Privex |  High | Primary Host | ↑ Expanded (PIVX Cloud, Second Explorer, etc) |
| BlueVPS |  Medium | Regional CDN/Proxy | → Stable |
| LunaNode |  Standard | Canadian CDN/Proxy | → Stable |
This multi-provider approach ensures:
- High Redundancy - No single point of failure; if one provider has issues, we've got many options to quickly migrate.
- Global Coverage - Regional servers ensure low latency for users worldwide.
- Cost Optimisation - Using the right provider for each use case, balancing privacy.
Proposal Plans
This proposal aims to cover all Infrastructure costs, including but not limited to: (New additions are highlighted in bold and marked with a purple circle)
- All current and future Labs domains (MyPIVXWallet.org, PIVCards, PIVX Rewards, PIVX Labs Home, and room for additional if needed).
- Official PIVX Labs Explorer (hosted at explorer.pivxla.bz)
- Official PIVX Labs Backup Explorer (hosted at explorer2.pivxla.bz)
- Official My PIVX Wallet RPC and Shield Params server (hosted at rpc.pivxla.bz).
- Labs Home server. (PIVXLa.bz CDN, home page, and micro-services).
- AI GPU-time. (Instead of an independent AI-only proposal).
- MyPIVXWallet Primary server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server).
- MyPIVXWallet Backup server. (Hardened MPW-dedicated server, used for load-balancing and/or test deployments).
- Labs Cold Server. (Used for Labs micro-services such as Labs Cold Pool, PIVi, Prodder).
- PIVCards Master Server. (Runs full nodes of PIVX Core, Litecoin Core, as well as the PIVCards Codebase).
- PIVCards Proxy Micro-Servers. (NOT hosted under Njalla due to Proxies needing to be located internationally, these servers allow PIVCards to operate in select global regions, like UK, US, EU, Canada, etc).
The costs are 700-800 Euros a month, including headroom for potential upgrades, converted to PIV at the average rate for the last 30 days, as a 'maximum band' number, meaning we could theoretically run lower, but it may stretch and stress our servers and costs beyond capacity, leaves little headroom for upgrading, and prevents changes of plans under a month (superblock cycle), this is especially considered in the rare event of a failed superblock.
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