Abstract: A remote blockchain masternode deployment system including a light client that can deploy a remote masternode without requiring the masternode owner to lose control of the funds staked at the masternode using a transaction identifier including a transaction hash and an index instead of a transfer of locked funds on the blockchain to an address controlled by a party other than the masternode owner. The masternode owner can unilaterally dismantle the masternode and recover the staked funds by spending the staked funds to another address controlled by the masternode operator. A pingless activation allows the masternode owner to “click and run” after funding the masternode without having to wait for the funding transaction to become buried before broadcasting an activation message. A staking vault performs staking functions for the owner in a way that does not allow unilateral spending of staked funds by the vault.