# Most Akash validators were running on Hetzner

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-09-01
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Ask Akash - How Decentralized are Akashs Validator Nodes? (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:00 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J078p6BzLK0&t=0s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-09-01-most-akash-validators-were-running-on-hetzner-b343/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Most Akash validators were running on Hetzner," Ask Akash - How Decentralized are Akashs Validator Nodes? (Akash Network), 1 Sept 2022, 00:00:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J078p6BzLK0&t=0s

## Quote — verbatim

> There was a report I saw recently that indicated most of the validator nodes — not providers, validator nodes — are actually running on Hetzner. So I was a little surprised by this fact, because I would imagine if you're an Akash validator you would not be running on a centralized \[provider\].

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Candid admission that even a decentralized network's validators cluster on centralized hosts; prompted by Hetzner's crypto ban. **Speaker:** uncredited Ask Akash answer; likely Greg.