# Raw Shred Forwarding

## Overview

Our Shred Forwarding service will relay shreds with an ultra-low delay to users who want to direct access to Solana raw shreds. The shreds relayed consist of shreds received from our cluster of shared RPC nodes, validator peers and some Jito block-engine locations.

**Amsterdam:**

For users that want Shred Forwarding from our Amsterdam, Netherlands infrastructure, that service is available for purchase on our Discord server on the #💳┃purchase-services channel. 

**Atlanta:**

For users that want Shred Forwarding from our Atlanta, GA infrastructure, that service is only available to customers that have a VPS purchased through our [Cloud Platform](/services/vps-hosting.md). 

## Use-Cases

Advanced traders/developers may want to process and decode shreds client-side if they think it can give them an advantage rather than using something like Yellowstone gRPC. Additionally, [Jito's ShredStream](https://github.com/jito-labs/shredstream-proxy) project incorporates their own gRPC server that can be used by users receiving shred forwarding services.[<sub>\[1\]</sub>](https://github.com/jito-labs/shredstream-proxy) There is some evidence out there that suggests that this can provide an improvement of 32ms on average for receiving streaming updates.[<sub>\[2\]</sub>](https://github.com/dysnix/solana-test/tree/main/geyser-vs-shredstream#geyser-vs-shredstream-txs-benchmark)

## Purchasing

**Amsterdam:**

Options: $25 per day | $75 per week | $250 per month

Visit our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/Gs2bPZBfHA) and head to the #💳┃purchase-services channel.

**Atlanta:**

$300 per month

To be able to purchase Raw Shred Forwarding, you will need to either have a VPS with us already or will need to buy a VPS from us. Raw Shred Forwarding can be purchased as a add-on when buying a VPS or added after the fact by navigating to the "Billing" tab on your VPS service.

<div data-full-width="false"><figure><img src="/files/KPGD7A2HVHvVlo4Nn8ky" alt=""><figcaption><p>Account addon menu location for active VPS services.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Once you complete payment, shreds will automatically start forwarding shreds to your VPS on port 20000/UDP. Make sure to make an inbound allow rule in your firewall menu to start receiving shreds.

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It is currently not possible for customers to autonomously cancel Shred Forwarding services. Therefore if you wish to do so, please open a ticket through our cloud platform. All Shred Forwarding cancellations will be pro-rated as credit to your account.
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## References

\[1] <https://github.com/jito-labs/shredstream-proxy>\
\[2] <https://github.com/dysnix/solana-test/tree/main/geyser-vs-shredstream#geyser-vs-shredstream-txs-benchmark>


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