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- Unlimited RPS
- Private endpoint
- Fixed price from $199/mo
- Premium add-ons free
- 24/7 engineer support
- 99.99% SLA
- Crypto accepted, no KYC
X Layer is the OKX Ethereum layer-2, an optimistic rollup on the OP Stack using OKB as its gas token. Argusnodes gives you a private X Layer RPC endpoint on a dedicated bare-metal node that is only yours: unlimited RPS, every method on, premium add-ons included free, one fixed monthly price you can pay in crypto, and engineers on call 24/7. Configure it below and a firm quote lands within the hour.
Every premium add-on, free on your X Layer node.
What other providers sell as extras (custom domain, IP allowlisting, debug and trace, unlimited connections, latency monitoring, priority support) is part of the price here.
- No rate limits: the hardware is the only ceiling
- Every RPC method on, debug and trace included
- Unlimited WebSocket connections
- Your own domain and an IP allowlist you control
- 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities, you pick
- 99.99% SLA in writing, with service credits
- 24/7 support answered by engineers
- Live p50 and p99 for your node in the dashboard
- Card, bank transfer or crypto; monthly, cancel any month
Configure your X Layer node. Firm price within the hour.
Pick the node type, client, tuning and region. The figure shown is the band's starting price; your quote is a firm, flat monthly number for exactly this configuration, around the clock.
Prefer to talk first? Chat with an engineer or use any support channel: same one-hour promise. Band pricing is explained on the pricing page.
What your X Layer dedicated node is built from.
Every chain fact below is taken from X Layer's official documentation (web3.okx.com), last reviewed against it on 22 Aug 2026, not from what is convenient to sell. Where the documentation is silent, the row says so.
| Node software | op-node, xlayer-reth |
| Interfaces | JSON-RPC, WebSocket |
| Full node | Yes, from $199/mo (standard band) |
| Archive node | Yes, from $799/mo |
| Validator | Block production is via a sequencer; permissionless block production is not offered. |
| Chain ID | 196 |
| Gas token | OKB |
| Official hardware guidance | One-click Setup (RPC sync node, reth client): Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+), 8GB memory minimum / 16GB+ recommended, 200GB SSD minimum / 500GB+ recommended; the Snapshots page asks for at least 500GB free space for mainnet snapshots. source ↗ |
| Argusnodes build | Meets the official guidance above with headroom on top, never at the minimum. Your quote names the exact CPU, RAM and NVMe. |
| Locations | 18 Tier-3 cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
| SLA | 99.99% uptime, written, with credits |
What changed on X Layer recently (reviewed 22 Aug 2026)
- On 27 October 2025 (11:30 PM UTC+8, about one hour of paused block production) X Layer's mainnet was migrated from the Polygon zkEVM/CDK validity rollup to an OP Stack optimistic rollup; OKX confirmed completion on 28 October 2025, and Optimism announced the migration on 9 December 2025. source ↗
- Post-migration the official node stack is op-node plus the reth execution client (okx/xlayer-reth); xlayer-reth provides legacy RPC routing (--rpc.legacy-url) for history from before the migration, so operators serving full history need a legacy endpoint or archive snapshot. source ↗
- Before the OP Stack move, X Layer completed the Polygon CDK 'PP upgrade' on 5 August 2025 (announced 13 August 2025 with an OKB burn); that CDK-era node software is superseded. source ↗
- X Layer now ships Flashblocks (3 to 5 sub-blocks per 1-second L2 block) streamed over the default WebSocket subscription from reth sequencers; RPC nodes wanting Flashblocks need the Flashblocks-enabled reth option in the one-click setup. source ↗
Choosing the X Layer client for the workload.
X Layer's documentation covers 2 node clients. You name the client, or describe the workload and we recommend one; either way it is built, synced and tuned for you.
op-node is the OP Stack consensus/rollup node that derives the L2 chain from Ethereum L1 and drives the execution client over the Engine API; it is required alongside any execution client.
xlayer-reth is OKX's customised Reth execution client and the default in the official one-click RPC setup; it adds legacy RPC routing (--rpc.legacy-url) so historical pre-migration data can still be served.
What to order for your X Layer workload.
Each card is a configuration you can pick above, with the reason it fits.
Trading bots and MEV
Order: Full node · WebSocket on · bot/MEV tuning · city nearest X Layer's block producers
Burst as hard as the strategy needs. No rate limits and no noisy neighbours on the hot path; we pick the city from latency measurement, not a map.
BUILT FOR BOTS →Indexing and analytics
Order: Archive node from $799/mo · indexing tuning
Backfills, trace and historical queries on X Layer run unmetered on your own machine.
BUILT FOR INDEXERS →dApps and wallets
Order: Full node · your domain · IP allowlist · city near your users
Serve your users from your own X Layer endpoint with unlimited connections and a 99.99% SLA in writing.
WHY DEDICATED →Exchanges and payments
Order: Full node · IP allowlist · transaction-heavy tuning · per-node monitoring
Deposit and withdrawal scanning on X Layer from an endpoint only your systems can reach.
BUILT FOR EXCHANGES →The X Layer RPC node provider comparison: Argusnodes vs QuickNode vs GetBlock vs Chainstack vs Helius vs Allnodes vs Zeeve vs RPC Fast.
How the providers in this market are built, from their own public pages. Per-chain availability varies by provider, so check their chain lists for X Layer; we build X Layer on order either way, from $199/mo flat.
| Provider | Dedicated offering | Pricing model | Rate limits | Support | Chain coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusnodes | Dedicated only: bare metal, single tenant, every node | One flat monthly price, nothing metered | None. The hardware is the only ceiling | 24/7 engineers on ticket, chat, Telegram, Slack. No paid tier | Any chain with a running network, built on order |
| QuickNode | Dedicated Clusters, an Enterprise add-on: two or more nodes of one chain, isolated, at a fixed monthly rate | API credits per method call, monthly allotments plus overage | 15 to 500 requests/sec by plan (Free through Business+); "Custom RPS" on Enterprise | Ticket support with 24h to 8h SLAs by plan; priority support is a paid add-on on Business+; dedicated support on Enterprise | 79 chains, 137 networks (their figure) |
| GetBlock | Dedicated nodes from $1,000/mo in three regions (Frankfurt, New York, Singapore); IP allowlist and a custom endpoint URL are $199/mo add-ons each | Compute units on shared plans, fixed-RPS "Limitless" nodes from $150/mo, dedicated priced per node plus paid add-ons | 20 to 800 requests/sec by shared plan; Limitless capped at a fixed RPS tier; unlimited on dedicated nodes | 24/7; a 5-minute response advertised from the $499/mo plan and on dedicated; the legal SLA commits to acknowledgement in under 20 minutes | 130+ chains (their figure); 128 listed on their nodes page |
| Chainstack | Managed dedicated nodes, single tenant, from the Pro plan up | Request Units per API call, monthly quotas plus overage | 25 to 600 requests/sec by plan; unlimited on Enterprise | Priority support is paid: $100/mo Professional, $1,000/mo Premium | 70+ protocols (their figure) |
| Helius | Dedicated Solana nodes from $2,900/mo; Solana only | Credits, monthly allotments per plan | 10 to 500 requests/sec by plan, plus sendTransaction/sec caps; no rate limits on dedicated nodes | Chat on paid plans; Telegram and Slack from the $999/mo plan up | Solana only |
| Allnodes | Per-node plans; a dedicated server on the Enterprise tier of its EVM chains and on every Solana tier | Per-node monthly plans, tiered by server type (shared, VPS or dedicated) | Advertises unlimited requests on its Base, BSC, Arbitrum and OP Mainnet node plans; not stated for other chains | Basic, priority or high-priority support by tier | 93 blockchains (their figure) |
| Zeeve | Dedicated RPC plans: $149, $299, $599 per month billed monthly (25% less on annual) | Monthly plans with request allowances: 250M/mo Basic, 2B/mo Advance; unmetered only on Enterprise | Monthly request caps on dedicated plans below Enterprise; no requests/sec figure published | Premium on Basic; priority support and Telegram/Slack from the $299/mo plan up; account manager on Enterprise | Over 30 public blockchain RPCs (their figure); 15 named on the dedicated page |
| RPC Fast | Dedicated Solana in three tiers from $2,200/mo (their dedicated-nodes page says from $2,500); other chains as node clusters from $2,000/mo plus infrastructure costs | Shared plans on compute units with overage at $5 per 1M CU; dedicated priced per node or cluster | 15 to 500 requests/sec plus WebSocket caps on shared plans; the Pro dedicated Solana tier says no rate limits | Community on free; email with 24h and 12h SLAs; priority chat with 8h SLA from the $499/mo plan | Up to 85 blockchains (their figure); Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and Solana named on the pricing page |
Competitor facts read from each provider's own public pricing and documentation pages, August 2026: QuickNode · GetBlock (September 2026) · Chainstack · Helius · Allnodes · Zeeve · RPC Fast. Their terms can change; check their pages for current figures. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it the same day. Provider names link to the full comparison.
The X Layer RPC node endpoint provider that hands you the keys.
Your X Layer endpoint lives on your own domain, locked to the IPs you allowlist, served from the city you choose across 18 Tier-3 datacentre locations. The node exposes JSON-RPC, WebSocket as documented by X Layer. Live p50 and p99 latency for your node streams to your dashboard, and the 99.99% SLA applies in writing. New to dedicated nodes? The dedicated RPC node guide covers the model end to end.
What you get on day one
- An HTTPS endpoint and a WebSocket (WSS) endpoint for your X Layer node, on your own domain if you want one
- Access locked to the IP addresses you allowlist
- A login to the Argusnodes dashboard: live p50 and p99 for your node, your orders and payments
- Engineers on ticket, chat, Telegram or Slack, 24/7
Your first request, once the node is live (rpc.yourdomain.com stands in for your endpoint):
curl https://rpc.yourdomain.com \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}'Chain facts on this page are sourced from X Layer's official documentation, and you can check them yourself:
X Layer dedicated node: the questions buyers ask.
What is a private X Layer RPC endpoint?
An RPC endpoint that only your applications use. It sits on a dedicated X Layer node that is yours alone, on your own domain if you want one, and answers only the IP addresses you allowlist. No other customer's traffic shares the machine, so nobody else's burst becomes your latency, and there is no rate limit to hit.
How long until my X Layer node is live?
As soon as it has synced with the X Layer network, and we tell you the moment it is ready. Sync time depends on the node type (an archive node replays the full history, so it takes longest) and the client you pick (op-node, xlayer-reth), so your quote carries an estimate for your exact setup rather than a number that is sometimes wrong. The quote itself lands within the hour, around the clock.
What is included in the from $199/mo for my X Layer node?
Everything the node can do, with the premium add-ons other providers bill separately included free: unlimited RPS, every RPC method including debug and trace, unlimited WebSocket connections, your own domain with an IP allowlist, 18 cities to choose from, a 99.99% SLA with credits, 24/7 engineer support and live p50/p99 in your dashboard. There is no add-on price list because nothing is an add-on.
What hardware will my X Layer node run on?
A machine that meets X Layer's official hardware guidance (quoted in the spec sheet on this page) with headroom on top. We never build at the minimum, because a node sized to the minimum becomes the bottleneck the day the chain grows. Your quote names the exact CPU, RAM and NVMe before you pay.
Can I test a X Layer node before I order?
We do not run free trials. Ask us for a latency report for X Layer from the city you want and you see the numbers before you order. Billing is monthly with no lock-in, so you can cancel at the end of any month.
Which X Layer client should I choose?
op-node: op-node is the OP Stack consensus/rollup node that derives the L2 chain from Ethereum L1 and drives the execution client over the Engine API; it is required alongside any execution client. xlayer-reth: xlayer-reth is OKX's customised Reth execution client and the default in the official one-click RPC setup; it adds legacy RPC routing (--rpc.legacy-url) so historical pre-migration data can still be served.
Does Argusnodes run X Layer archive nodes and trace methods?
Yes. X Layer's documentation describes full-history operation; we run X Layer archive nodes from $799/mo with trace and historical queries unmetered. Debug and trace methods are on for full nodes too, within their state window.
Can I run a X Layer validator with Argusnodes?
Block production is via a sequencer; permissionless block production is not offered. We run every node type the chain actually offers and none it does not.
Can I migrate my X Layer endpoint from QuickNode, GetBlock, Chainstack or another provider?
Yes. A dedicated X Layer node speaks the same JSON-RPC and WebSocket interfaces as the shared endpoint you use today, so migration is pointing your application at your own endpoint. Billing is monthly with no lock-in on our side, and support engineers are on the channels 24/7 during cutover.
Which city should I pick for my X Layer node?
Any of 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific. Deploy near your users for an app, or ask us where X Layer latency is lowest for a bot; we answer from measurement. Need a city we do not list? Ask.
Are there rate limits or connection caps on a dedicated X Layer node?
No artificial ones: unlimited RPS and no connection cap. The machine is yours alone, so the hardware is the only ceiling: if it can serve the request, you can send it. There is no per-plan connection cap because there is no plan tier.
How do I pay for my X Layer node, and can I cancel?
Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer or crypto, billed monthly; crypto payments need no KYC. Cancel at the end of any monthly term; the node is provisioned for you alone, so there is no meter to escape and no exit fee.
How does Argusnodes compare to QuickNode, GetBlock, Chainstack and other X Layer RPC providers?
Argusnodes is dedicated-only: a private X Layer endpoint on a bare-metal node with no rate limits, at one fixed price from $199/mo with every add-on included. Per their own pricing pages: QuickNode sells dedicated clusters through enterprise sales without published prices, Chainstack bills dedicated nodes per hour on top of a paid plan, and Zeeve applies monthly request allowances on dedicated plans below its Enterprise tier (all checked August 2026); GetBlock lists dedicated nodes from $1,000/mo, with IP allowlisting and a custom endpoint URL sold as $199/mo add-ons each (checked September 2026). The comparison table on this page links every source.
What is the X Layer chain ID?
196 (hex 0xc4), per X Layer's official documentation. A dedicated X Layer node answers eth_chainId with it, so wallets and libraries configured for X Layer work against your endpoint unchanged.
Also deployed from the same sheet.
Configure your X Layer node.
Node type, tuning, region. Firm quote within the hour, one flat monthly price.
Already own servers? We set up your X Layer RPC node on them.
Colo racks, spare machines, hardware your compliance rules say you must own: we install, sync, tune and monitor the X Layer node on your servers. You keep the hardware and the custody. You get the same private endpoint, the same no-limits configuration, the same dashboard and the same 24/7 engineers, for one flat monthly management fee, quoted within the hour and payable in crypto. We never charge for metal.
Check your machine against X Layer's official hardware guidance in the spec sheet above. We confirm the fit before anything is billed.
- 01We audit your specs
- 02We install, sync and tune
- 03We keep watch, 24/7