Free Public Monero Node
Full node syncing with the network. No pruning.
Remote node for Cake Wallet or any Monero wallet:
For maximum privacy, connect via Tor:
Using a remote node means you don't have to sync the full blockchain locally. Your funds stay in your control—this node just broadcasts your transactions to the network. The .onion address hides your IP from everyone, including Cloudflare.
Instant wallet sync for light clients:
Via Tor:
Light Wallet Server lets mobile wallets sync instantly by scanning the blockchain for your registered view key.
When you connect to this node, here's what happens:
rpc.payfriendo.com:443Your IP address: The node never sees it. Cloudflare strips it before forwarding. We see Cloudflare's IP, not yours.
Your transactions: Monero's privacy works at the protocol level. The node can't see sender, recipient, or amount—just encrypted data to broadcast.
Location: Germany datacenter (Contabo)
Hardware: Dedicated VPS with 16 CPU cores, 62GB RAM, 1TB NVMe storage
Network: Direct peer-to-peer on clearnet port 18080.
Uptime: Automated uptime monitor. The node auto-restarts if it crashes and continues syncing from where it left off.
Not logged:
Infrastructure logs:
These logs are necessary for operating the node. They don't contain user data and aren't shared with anyone.
You shouldn't blindly trust any node. Here's what a remote node can and can't do:
A remote node CANNOT:
A remote node CAN:
The safest option is running your own node. But for mobile or convenience, a remote node is a reasonable tradeoff.
Tor is a network that bounces your connection through multiple relays around the world, encrypting it at each step. By the time your request reaches its destination, nobody—not your ISP, not the destination server, not anyone in between—can trace it back to you.
A .onion address is a hidden service that only exists inside the Tor network. There's no DNS lookup, no IP address exposed, nothing for anyone to intercept or block.
When you connect via clearnet (rpc.payfriendo.com), Cloudflare sees your IP before forwarding your request. We don't see it, but Cloudflare does.
When you connect via Tor (.onion), nobody sees your IP. Not Cloudflare, not this node, not anyone. Your connection is anonymous end-to-end.
Node RPC:
Light Wallet Server:
Cake Wallet (mobile)
Settings → Connection → Enable Tor. Then enter the .onion address as your remote node. Cake has Tor built in.
Official GUI (desktop)
Install Tor and run it locally. It listens on 127.0.0.1:9050 by default. In wallet settings, set proxy to SOCKS5 127.0.0.1:9050, then use the .onion address as your node.
Running Tor locally
Download from torproject.org. On Linux: sudo apt install tor && sudo systemctl start tor. On Mac: brew install tor && tor. On Windows: install Tor Browser (includes the daemon) or Tor Expert Bundle.
This node is run by Inertspace, a web services company building decentralized infrastructure.
Decentralization only works if people actually build it. Mesh networks need nodes. If everyone just uses centralized services "for convenience," we end up back where we started—dependent on systems that don't need us, controlled by interests we'll never know.
This is mesh topology in practice. One node among thousands. No central authority. No data harvesting. No surveillance capitalism. Just infrastructure that works because people built it, not because a billionaire funded it.
This is a free service. No logging, no tracking, no selling your data. If you find it useful, consider supporting the operator:
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Digital cash that actually works like cash. When you pay with cash, the cashier doesn't know your bank balance, your spending history, or where you got the money. When you pay with Monero, it's the same—private by default.
Most cryptocurrencies got captured by the same forces they claimed to disrupt. Bitcoin traded on Wall Street. Billionaires bastardizing the tech. Centralized exchanges as the new middlemen. Every transaction public forever—that's not privacy, that's surveillance with extra steps.
Monero can't be captured that way. Transactions can't be tracked, censored, or surveilled. No corporation can monopolize it. No government can print more of it. This is what crypto was supposed to be.
To have a bank account, you accept mass surveillance. Every transaction logged, analyzed, sold, or handed to governments on request. Not because you did anything wrong—because there's no alternative.
That's the real problem. Not the surveillance itself, but that the entire financial system requires it. A centralized system that knows everything about everyone, controlled by institutions that keep collapsing and getting bailed out while regular people lose everything.
Monero is the alternative. Not a protest, not a workaround—actual infrastructure that doesn't require surrendering your financial life to participate in the economy.
1. Download Cake Wallet (mobile) or the Official GUI (desktop)
2. Set remote node to:
3. Get some XMR from Kraken, TradeOgre, or earn it
4. Send and receive. That's it.