“No to Mining” – Says Ethereum’s Second Largest Hosting Provider
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The struggle for decentralization has been a long-standing war in the world of smart contracts and governance layers for the crypto ecosystem. But added to this mix is another issue, the ban on mining by a data giant . Hetzner is Ethereum’s second largest hosting provider. It has come forward t say that no crypto miners would be able to use their server farms either to support the blockchain network or anything else. “Using our products for an application related to mining, even remotely related, is not permitted,” – Hetzner has said. No Proof of Work or Proof of Stake Many would mistake this news as pointing to the ban on Proof-of-Work consensus due to energy concerns, but Proof-of-Stake, too, has come under this prohibition. “Even if you run just one node, we consider it a violation of our (terms of service).” Is Blockchain Truly Decentralized? Hetzner’s stat...