Cloud Provider Bans Solana Nodes, Taking 40% Offline
Solana – which prides itself on being a decentralized censorship-resistant network – is, like any other blockchain, heavily dependent on cloud computing. As a result, it remains vulnerable to centralized providers, who can halt servicing the network at any time. Solana’s main network providers decided to stop providing their services to entities running Solana nodes and took them all offline.
Hetzner Online GmbH – the provider who took all Solana nodes offline – turned off more than 1,000 Solana nodes overnight. Although many are back up and running using the services of rival cloud computing providers, there is no guarantee a similar event won’t happen in the future. Hetzner gave node runners no warning before taking them offline, the firm’s sentiment towards blockchain networks had, in fact, been made public earlier this year.
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