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Update readme with hosting recommendations (#852)
* Update readme with hosting recommendations * add cores
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1. Build an image for using it first according to the section below.
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2. Change the price service image to your local docker image (e.g., `pyth_price_server`)
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### Self-Hosting
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If you would like to host your own instance of the price service, we recommend running the process on a 4 core machine with 4 GB of RAM.
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We also recommend using a host like [Latitude](https://www.latitude.sh/) or [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/) and avoiding cloud service providers like AWS in order to reduce the cost.
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The price service participates in a peer-to-peer network which can use a lot of bandwidth.
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Cloud hosts like AWS charge high fees for bandwidth, which makes running the service much more expensive than necessary.
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Using one of the recommended hosts above should cost $10-50 / month.
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## Build an image
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Build the image from [the repo root](../../) like below. It will create a

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