No mate. You do not pay anything. You get "$300 credit" to test out any function you wish on their cloud services for one month, including the Free Tier. Make sure you know what CPU's, RAM and storage are 'Free Tier' before you use them.
It's akin to the old restaurant trick of putting bread in front of you. If you eat it, they reserve the right to charge, even though the majority give it out for free.
Youtube "oracle free tier". No lack of tutorials about how to set up Ubuntu instances and avoiding charges, specially making your own website hosting Hestia and/or Wordpress.
For years I've run my own website and a WebRTC server. For the past few months HAVEN and Albyhub. Again, for no charge.
Running a VPS on a cloud is like using Ecash or Liquid, the service provider can cut you out at any moment. The sovereignty of BTC only can exist on-chain, so that would be akin to running a baremetal server at home. Even then, your internet service can be censored from you, same result.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. There will always be reactive forces conspiring against your will. Never be dissuaded by such forces.
In my case, not owning or living in a house, this is the best compromise for having self-custodial pocket sats.
Jonathan Martins
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2024-11-18 04:34:23
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