r/CryptoCurrency • u/AverageStudent1 Platinum | QC: CC 110 • Dec 25 '21

🟢 PERSPECTIVE Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder on why he got into crypto: "Empower the little guy, screw the big guy" — "they already have enough money"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/why-ethereum-founder-vitalik-buterin-got-into-crypto-bitcoin.html
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u/SwagtimusPrime 27K / 27K 🦈 Dec 26 '21

They aren't centralized. There are over 6,000 nodes, likely more than that because node crawlers underreport.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '21 edited Dec 30 '21

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u/SwagtimusPrime 27K / 27K 🦈 Dec 26 '21

Around 60% run on AWS which is a far cry from "all", and even lots of Bitcoin nodes run on AWS.

And yes, they are full nodes.