{"id":66369,"date":"2022-08-26T19:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=66369"},"modified":"2025-09-07T00:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:56:39","slug":"hetzner-bans-running-nodes-on-its-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hetzner-bans-running-nodes-on-its-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hetzner Bans Running Nodes on Its Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major German hosting provider Hetzner said that using its servers to run software for cryptocurrency mining violates the company&#8217;s rules. Twitter users drew attention to a comment on the r\/hetzner subreddit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"fr\\\">lolwtf <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/RyhE45Mico\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/RyhE45Mico<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/EoSB6DeFsq\\\">pic.twitter.com\/EoSB6DeFsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 notsofast (@notsofast) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notsofast\/status\/1563134964782497793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abUsing our products for any mining-related applications, even remotely, is not allowed. Including Ethereum. [\u2026] Even if you simply run a single node, we will consider this a violation of our rules\u00bb, \u2014 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/hetzner\/comments\/wucxs4\/comment\/ilfoj8u\/?context=3\\\">spoken<\/a> in a statement by the cloud provider&#8217;s official spokesperson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ethernodes.org\/networkType\/Hosting\\\">Ethernodes<\/a>, at the time of writing Hetzner accounts for 16% of Ethereum nodes. The leader is Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/aVSelhAg8dMctm9Mgbk2jpZmEdDYB6mT03yqy7GMIQKopFcvjfXunIlrAkXskoWPZFPE5cJDrzs4mPdZmLSC2WCoBXzLfSkgCYuw93LZ_JfxzlhdVnFs918z5CR4quxrwqaH9il4XHZGXJIlt46GY88\\\" alt=\\\"Hetzner bans running nodes on its servers\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: Ethernodes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00ab\u0423\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e 16% \u0443\u0437\u043b\u043e\u0432 Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-proof-of-work-pow-algorithm\">PoW<\/a> \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0435\u0439 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0435, \u043d\u043e \u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 PoS, \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043b\u0438 \u0432\u044b \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438\u043c \u043a\u043b\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043c, \u041f\u041e\u0427\u0415\u041c\u0423 \u0432\u044b \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0435\u0448\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u044d\u0442\u043e?\u00bb, \u2014 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u0438\u0437 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 Reddit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u0414\u0440\u0443\u0433\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0446\u0438\u044f \u00ab\u0432\u043e\u0442-\u0432\u043e\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442 PR-\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0444\u043e\u0439 \u0434\u043b\u044f Hetzner\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00ab\u041f\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0442\u043d\u043e, \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u044b \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0433, \u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e, \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u044b \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0434\u044b\u00bb, \u2014 \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b \u043e\u043d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u0417\u0430\u044f\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f Hetzner \u0432\u044b\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b\u043e \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u0432 \u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435. \u0420\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043a \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c banteg \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043b, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u00ab\u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u043d\u0443\u0448\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0434\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0438\u044f\u00bb.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">in any case, such provider doesn\u2019t inspire confidence for any mission critical stuff<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 banteg (@bantg) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bantg\/status\/1563163713800372226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Messari analysts noted that 69% of Ethereum nodes are hosted by Amazon Web Services, Hetzner and OVH out of 65% of nodes located in data centers. For Solana, 72% of 95% of nodes are hosted by these same infrastructure providers.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hetzner-bans-chia-mining-after-disk-wear-concerns\">Hetzner banned mining <\/a>on its servers after users began mining cryptocurrency Chia with them.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major German hosting provider Hetzner said that using its servers to run software for cryptocurrency mining violates the company&#8217;s rules. 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