Public Nodes

Public nodes are deployed by the sui.direct team. These nodes are official ones and listed in sui.direct nodes list. CLI is connected to a public node by default. Although users can set up their own nodes, using a public node is the easiest option.

At the moment, there are no external fees for using public nodes. Nodes are highly customizable, so unofficial public nodes may charge you for their service, however, we don't encourage users to use untrusted nodes. The reason is that deposit addresses are stored in nodes. An untrusted node may leak your deposit address's private key. That's why you shouldn't deposit more than enough into your deposit wallet stored in an untrusted node.

For more information, read the security reference.