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Name: LRP - Labs Infra
Term: 3 Cycles
Cycle Amnt: 7,000
Total Amnt: 21,000
Author: JSKitty
Receiver: PIVX Labs
Address: DLabsktzGMnsK5K9uRTMCF6NoYNY6ET4Bb
Created: 17-01-2026
Status: Active
Vote Hash: 023577254ac2d68017cf9e1179d3fd24a042a7b4a096b027b5b5f1ec9a856819Proposal 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.
A major focus this cycle is transitioning from Njalla to Privex as our default host. This migration allows us to procure significantly higher server specs at lower costs, while Njalla will continue to serve as our premium redundancy option for critical privacy-sensitive services; migrations will continue over the next few weeks, with two major migrations already having finished, the EUR (and PIV-wise) ask has been dropped.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,000 PIV | ~0.11 EUR | 680 - 780 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: Two servers already migrated to Privex, with more retirements planned. Njalla will remain as our premium redundancy 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 | ↓ Reducing (to critical services only) |
| Privex |  High | Primary Host | ↑ Expanding (new default) |
| 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 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, DogeCoin 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 estimated to be around 680-780 Euros a month, including headroom for potential upgrades, converted to PIV at the average rate for the last , 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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