Getting a blockchain node running isn't the hard part. The hard part is everything that comes after — keeping it synchronized, updated, monitored, and available, day after day. Most teams underestimate this. Deployment goes smoothly. Then a node falls out of sync at 2am. A protocol hard fork requires coordinated updates across every node. A client crashes and nobody gets alerted. This is where DIY self-hosting gets expensive — not in servers, but in engineering time. Why organizations run a self-hosted blockchain node Organizations self-host for three reasons: compliance (some industries mandate on-premises or jurisdiction-specific infrastructure), control (direct access to blockchain data without rate limits or API dependency), and cost (at scale, self-hosting beats managed node pricing). The question isn't whether to self-host — it's how much of your team's time you want to spend on infrastructure versus your actual product.…