Here is a current overview of the Top 20 Witness at Hive Engine and its server locations. Data point is Today 07/22/2022 15:00 PM
| Witness | Position | Server Provider | Server Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| @primersion | 1 | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @apiculture | 2 | Hetzner Online GmbH | US / UNITED STATES |
| @eturnerx-honey | 3 | Hetzner Online GmbH | FI / FINLAND |
| @clicktrackprofit | 4 | LIQUIDWEB | US / UNITED STATES |
| @chrono.witness | 5 | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @h-e | 6 | Ryamer, LLC | US / UNITED STATES |
| @comptroller | 7 | Hetzner Online GmbH | FI / FINLAND |
| @kanibot | 8 | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @locolombia | 9 | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @ph1102.ctp | 10 | Hetzner Online GmbH | FI / FINLAND |
| @actifit-he | 11 | Hetzner Online GmbH | FI / FINLAND |
| @ervin-lemark | 12 | UAB "Interneto vizija" | LT / LITHUANIA |
| @jedigeiss | 13 | Contabo GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @thelogicaldude | 14 | Contabo GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @brofund-witness | 15 | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
| @atexoras.witness | 16 | The Internet Group (ihug) Ltd. | NZ / NEW ZEALAND |
| @pizza-engine | 17 | Vultr Holdings Llc | US / UNITED STATES |
| @hewitness | 18 | Hetzner Online GmbH | FI / FINLAND |
| @bdc.witness | 19 | Alpha Net | BD / BANGLADESCH |
| @liotes | 20 | Contabo GmbH | DE / GERMANY |
This is the current list. We can see that Hetzner Online GmbH and Contabo GmbH, two German web hosting & server providers are the most popular providers.
11 Top Nodes hosted at Hetzner Online GmbH - or maybe Privex, where the Servers are.
5 Nodes hosted at Hetzner Online GmbH are based in Germany. 5 Nodes on Hetzner are on Finland aswell. One Hetzner Node are in the US.
That is, most of the current top witness nodes at Hive-Engine are located at one provider. This is not a big problem until the provider has technical difficulties and server failures. At least the provider has several nodes in different countries.
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