The cryptocurrency community has once again questioned Ethereum’s dependency on centralized web hosting services.
This time, the focus is on Hetzner, a web hosting firm that now manages approximately 16% of distant Ethereum nodes (as 61% of nodes are hosted remotely, which corresponds to approximately 9.76% of all Ethereum nodes). Hetzner’s August 23 Reddit post, which resurfaced on Twitter today, warned Ethereum users against using the service for crypto-related activity.
An excerpt on Hetzner’s tweet read:
“Using our products for any application related to mining, even remotely related, is not permitted. This includes Ethereum. It includes proof of stake and proof of work and related applications. It includes trading… Even if you just run one node, we consider it a violation of our ToS.”
According to Ethernode statistics, more than 15% of nodes on Ethereum are using servers from Hetzner, and this incident once again sounded the alarm about Ethereum’s dependence on centralized infrastructures.
This is considered a major weakness of not only Ethereum but of other blockchain platforms because just these infrastructures have technical problems or worse, issue an indefinite ban on cryptocurrencies In the case of Hetzner, the operation of decentralized applications will also be delayed, greatly affecting this very vulnerable market.
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