{"id":69521,"date":"2022-11-03T12:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=69521"},"modified":"2025-09-07T20:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:32:26","slug":"hetzner-blocks-access-to-solana-node-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/hetzner-blocks-access-to-solana-node-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hetzner blocks access to Solana node servers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The major German hosting provider Hetzner blocked access to Solana node servers. Validators said they received letters demanding the removal of the relevant software to continue operating.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">\ud83d\udea8\u26a0\ufe0f Hetzner just kicked off all <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@solana<\/a> nodes hosted on their infrastructure. \u26a0\ufe0f\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Over 20% of stake weight on mainnet-beta is delinquent, with thousands of validators offline.<\/p>\n<p>If you are running a Solana validator using Hetzner, please switch to a different provider ASAP. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkXwKvXGVx\\\">pic.twitter.com\/rkXwKvXGVx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SolBlaze.org | Stake with us! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc83 (@solblaze_org) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solblaze_org\/status\/1587818136694591491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Google Cloud developer Sam Padilla, Hetzner accounted for 40% of Solana validators, representing around 20% of the total SOL staked.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Okay, we need to talk about Hetzner banning <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/solana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@solana<\/a> nodes.<\/p>\n<p>I monitored the infrastructure decentralization of Solana throughout all of August via a tool that I built.<\/p>\n<p>~40% of Solana validators live on hetzner, adding up to ~20% of total network stake.<\/p>\n<p>A thread \ud83e\uddf5<br \/>(1\/10) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/obsVUlQE50\\\">pic.twitter.com\/obsVUlQE50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Padilla (@theSamPadilla) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theSamPadilla\/status\/1587898966540419073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Padilla noted that Solana has decentralisation issues. He said that validators representing 65% of all assets in staking were distributed among three platforms \u2014 Hetzner, Equinix and <span data-descr=\\\"Amazon Web Services\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">AWS<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>RockawayX validator data corroborate Padilla&#8217;s findings. On November 2, the delinquent stake ratio in the blockchain jumped to 20%. This metric reflects the percentage of validators that have gone offline.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, the figure had fallen to 3.39%, likely linked to participants switching to other providers.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"401\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2-1024x401.png\\\" alt=\\\"Hetzner provider blocked access to Solana node servers\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-189693\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2-1024x401.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2-1536x601.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sol-2.png 1826w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/grafana.rbf.capital\/d\/U8VH9rhGk\/rockawayx-solana-validator?orgId=1&#038;from=1667253157453&#038;to=1667463629061&#038;viewPanel=51&#038;kiosk\\\">RockawayX<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>During the validator outage, the Solana blockchain continued to operate. According to the Solana Status dashboard, the network did not report issues with message delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In August 2022, Hetzner <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hetzner-bans-running-nodes-on-its-servers\">banned<\/a> running cryptocurrency nodes on its servers. The provider stressed that using its products for mining-related applications \\&#8221;is not allowed\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite the warning, many market participants continue to use its hardware. According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ethernodes.org\/networkType\/Hosting\\\">Ethernodes<\/a>, more than 12% of Ethereum nodes run on Hetzner servers.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"737\\\" height=\\\"422\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eth-57.png\\\" alt=\\\"Hetzner provider blocked access to Solana node servers\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-189694\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eth-57.png 737w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eth-57-300x172.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: Ethernodes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In August, Messari analysts noted <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/messari-researchers-flag-centralisation-of-ethereum-and-solana-nodes\">increased centralisation of Solana and Ethereum<\/a> nodes.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major German hosting provider Hetzner blocked access to Solana node servers. 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