# What's the minimum Technical Requirements for a Relay Node?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/whats-the-minimum-technical-requirements-for-a-relay-node/1196 "2019-12-14T16:17:00Z")\
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Hi @badmanj,

Yes, as you have already figured, being added as a node running is discretionary.

You can look on [https://algorand.foundation/network](https://algorand.foundation/network) to get some idea of the node requirements.

I would guess that a relay would need to have the above as a minimum, plus some extra bandwidth capacity.

Also, note that the foundation “Early Node Runners Program” is now closed : [https://algorand.foundation/faq](https://algorand.foundation/faq) ; I don’t know if there is any other programs in place.

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