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Cambridge research: The United States hosts nearly one-third of Ethereum node activity, while the European Union accounts for about 39%

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A new study from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Alternative Finance shows that the United States hosts nearly one third of Ethereum node activity, while the European Union (excluding the UK) accounts for about 39%. Overall, node distribution is mainly concentrated in Europe and North America, but it is not centered on any single country. Nodes are primarily hosted by cloud service providers such as Hetzner, AWS, and OVH. Study lead Alexander Neumuller said that if more than one third of validators go offline at the same time, Ethereum checkpoints will stop final confirmation. The network should remain geographically dispersed; concentrating client software also presents risks, and vulnerabilities in dominant clients could affect the entire network. The study also re-evaluated Ethereum’s post-merge energy consumption, estimating current annual electricity usage at about 7.9 GWh, down approximately 99.98% from before the merge, with the share of sustainable energy use exceeding 56%. (The Block)
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TvlDownBad
· 9h ago
With Hetzner, AWS, and OVH hosting so many nodes, the centralized risk has been underestimated. Geographical dispersion doesn’t equal infrastructure dispersion.
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MintColdBrew
· 9h ago
Once a third of validators go offline, it stops permanently—final confirmation. This threshold is lower than I expected. Client diversity is the hidden bomb; Geth’s share is too high.
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BlueberryStakingMachine
· 9h ago
7.9 GWh annual electricity consumption—before consolidation it was surely 23,000+ GWh, right? This 99.98% drop really is astonishing. The PoS transition was indeed the right decision for Ethereum.
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