why get a low cost vps to route the traffic through when you can just run the app on the vps?

source?

seems like the project needs a reveiverr

usually more expensive per tb, but for a data center not that much because you can get more storage in a single rack than you otherwise would with peasant 8 tb ssds.

I2P

isnt hosting a node a very easy way to get the police knocking on your door? i dont want csam flowing through my network