Close to the catamaran – The hosting service Amazon Web Service (AWS) is a cornerstone of the internet infrastructure. Obviously, this solution is widely used in the crypto ecosystem for hosting nodes, especially on Ethereum.
On June 13, the AWS hosting service experienced an outage for a few hours, rendering services inaccessible. A small scare for the ecosystem of Ethereum which rests at 64% on Amazon’s infrastructure.
Fortunately, this had no impact, as noted by Evan Van Ness on Twitter. Who will have taken the opportunity to make fun of Bitcoin Maxis.
Nevertheless, he pointed out that the situation could have been worse if there was an AWS infrastructure problem in Europe. Indeed, the decentralized staking service Lido is partly based in the European cloud.
Indeed, Lido is a new source of concern for Ethereum. The platform concentrates more than 35% of staking on the network. A situation that could lead to a cartelization of the staking offer.
As a result, many observers have alerted to the problem, encouraging ETH holders to diversify staking providers.
In parallel, the recent documents unveiled during the case between Ripple and the SEC suggest that Ether would not be a securities.
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