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Cryptocurrency Ecosystem => Ethereum Forum => Ethereum News & Updates => Topic started by: MRM on October 08, 2020, 06:36:32 PM

Title: 70% of Ethereum Nodes Are Hosted on Centralized Services
Post by: MRM on October 08, 2020, 06:36:32 PM
Bitcoin figurehead Anthony Pompliano pointed out popular apps on Ethereum run on centralized cloud service providers—stirring a heated debate. Podcast host and crypto investor Anthony Pompliano debated today that much of the Ethereum network is hosted on third-party cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud service operated by web giant Amazon. He argued that this means popular decentralized applications (dapps) on the network could theoretically be shut down if AWS were to be shut off.
Source: https://decrypt.co/44321/70-of-ethereum-nodes-are-hosted-on-centralized-services