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By James Thorp
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What Happened. The Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance mapped the geographical distribution of Ethereum nodes.
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Historical Context. We've seen this story before. In 2018, Bitcoin faced a similar issue: a massive concentration of…
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Why It Matters. The American predominance creates several problems simultaneously.
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What to Watch. Three indicators to keep in mind. First, the percentage of nodes relocated outside the United…
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One-third of Ethereum nodes operate on American soil. This figure, revealed in a study by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, is certainly thought-provoking.
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The Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance mapped the geographical distribution of Ethereum nodes. The result: about one-third are located in the United States.
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No details on the exact methodology from the Cambridge Center in the source. But the figure of one-third is telling enough.
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There's also the EOS episode in 2019. Node voting highlighted vulnerabilities linked to excessive control concentration, forcing reforms in the protocol's governance.
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These two precedents show that decentralization is not just a marketing argument. It's a matter of operational survival for a network that wants to remain credible in the long…
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Related Reading: Ethereum Node Operators Must Apply Urgent Fix After CVE-2026-34219 Discovery
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The American predominance creates several problems simultaneously. The first, and probably the most immediate: regulatory risk.
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See also: Ethereum Node Operators Face Immediate Patch Demand After CVE-2026-34219 Exposes Crash Risk
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The second problem: the promise of decentralization. Ethereum was built on the idea of a network that no one truly controls.
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The third point, less obvious but real: resilience to local disruptions. A natural disaster, a major power outage, a sudden political decision — if it affects the United States,…
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