Running a self-hosted blockchain node — one that validates transactions and provides blockchain data to dapps, wallets, and exchanges — is a key way to participate in and help secure a decentralized network. But the real challenges emerge after deployment, not during setup. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged the problem directly: managing a node has quietly become a complex DevOps task handled by professionals, despite that never being the intention. Most teams end up choosing between running nodes themselves — with all the operational burden that entails — or handing control to a third-party provider. Chainstack Self-Hosted is a third path: a control plane that deploys and manages full blockchain nodes on your own infrastructure, reducing deployment time from weeks to hours. Why organizations self-host Exchanges, wallets, infrastructure providers, and financial organizations rely on direct blockchain data access as part of their core systems.…