Three major cloud providers host 69% of Ethereum nodes located in data centres, while 72% of Solana’s 95% of nodes in data centres are hosted by the same infrastructure players as in the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency.
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Three major cloud providers are responsible for 69% of the 65% of @Ethereum nodes hosted in data centers.
Of the estimated 95% of @Solana nodes hosted in data centers, 72% are hosted with the same cloud providers as @Ethereum. pic.twitter.com/oK08c3G6Of
— Messari (@MessariCrypto) August 18, 2022
In Ethereum, AWS leads this trio with 50%. Hetzner and OVH account for 15% and 4% respectively. In Solana, AWS accounts for only 4%, while Hetzner and OVH account for 42% and 26%.
Ethernodes provides a more detailed picture of other cloud providers in the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency. In particular, Alibaba (3.9%) and Oracle (4.1%) trail only slightly behind OVH (4.2%). Other notable players include Google (3.5%), Digital Ocean (2%), netcup (1.9%) and Contabo (1.8%).
In terms of value, in Solana, AWS, Hetzner and OVH account for 15%, 20% and 8% of the total value of staked assets.
Experts note that the RPC layer is the main candidate for censorship. To date, the development of decentralized alternatives Anker and Pocket has not meaningfully changed the situation, and, due to the specifics of how their mechanisms are governed, they have not solved the problem of a single point of failure.
Do Ankr and Pocket Solve Web3’s Node Centralization Problems? Check out this report from @Old_Samster.https://t.co/kKBoLQoXIf
— Messari (@MessariCrypto) August 18, 2022
Earlier, Infura and Alchemy restricted RPC requests to Tornado Cash after the service was added to the sanctions list by OFAC.
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