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Guides/How_to_setup_an_Exit_Node_for_normies.md

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 ## How To Setup A Lokinet Exit Node for "Normies" aka newbies aka non-developers.
 
+_by: yidakee (aka @super_duderino)_
+
 A Lokinet Exit Node is a next-generation onion routing service that works like a VPN.
-It is similar to TOR or I2P, though a heck of a lot better. You will be able to surf Lokinet as
+
-well as regular 'ol clearnet (the "real" main internet everyone uses) with complete state-of-the-art
+It is similar to TOR or I2P, though a heck of a lot better.
-privacy and anonymity. For example, if you are a TOR regular, you likely use a VPN for that
+You will be able to surf Lokinet as well as regular 'ol clearnet (the "real" main internet everyone uses) with complete state-of-the-art privacy and anonymity.
-extra protection against ISP snooping. Well, now you can just use a Lokinet Exit Node for
+For example, if you are a TOR regular, you likely use a VPN for that extra protection against ISP snooping.
-a vastly superior protection in comparisson to regular VPNs
+Well, now you can just use a Lokinet Exit Node for a vastly superior protection in comparisson to regular VPNs
 
 You can find free Lokinet Exit Nodes around, although performance mileage may vary.
 Alternatively, some super high performance Exit Nodes exist, where for a very small
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 Alternatively, you can run your own Exit Node!
 
-This guide is intended for everyone out there who struggles with classic
+This guide is intended for everyone out there who struggles with classic build instructions given by developlers.
-build instructions given by developlers. What is terribly logical to them is often
+What is terribly logical to them is often weird and alien to the rest of us.
-weird and alien to the rest of us.
 
 The purpose of this tutorial is to give you an idiot-proof copy/paste procedure
 that should work with virtually any VPS (virtual private server) running Ubuntu 18.04
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 come billing.
 
 Alright, enough talk, let's get our hands dirty.
+
+## Brief list of VPS poviders -
+
+
+| URL                          | Specs     | Bandwidth | Storage| Price/month     |
+| -------------                |:---------:| :--------:| :-----:| :--------------:|
+| https://vultr.com            | 2vCPU 4GB | 3 TB      | 60GB   |    $20          |
+| https://digitalocean.com     | 2vCPU 4GB | 4 TB      | 80GB   | $100 Free Trial |
+| https://www.hetzner.com/     | 2vCPU 4GB | 20TB      | 40TB   |    4,90€        |
+| https://contabo.com/         | 4 CPU 8GB | Unlimited | 200 GB |    4,99€        |
+| https://www.linode.com/      | 2vCPU 4GB | 4TB       | 80GB   |    $20          |
+| https://www.ovh.com/         | 2vCPU 7GB | ?         | 50GB   |    $26.40       |
+
+* Link to Digital Ocean free $100 Trial (must provide Credit Card) - https://try.digitalocean.com/performance/
+
+* There are thousands of VPS providers out there, these are just "usual suspects" to help get you started.
+* There are way better deals out there. duckduckgo is your friend.
+
+* These are not suggestions for high preformance Exit Node VPS
+
+* Start by selecting a VPS provider, spin up a node selecting Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 20.04
+
+## Initial server Setup
+
+First off, the usual system update and upgrade. SSH into your server as root
+
+````bash
+    apt update && apt upgrade -y
+````
+
+Next, we need to add some goodies.
+We will likely add some redundant packages. However, given the evolution of Lokinet they may all not be required. Nevertheless, we'll add them just in case.
+
+````bash
+apt-get install -y gnupg gnupg2 policykit-1 htop build-essential cmake git libcap-dev curl libuv1-dev libsodium-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev pkg-config pkg-config gunicorn curl
+````