Apart from Amazon, who else are masternode ops using? (Pref non US)
Speaking of "apart from Amazon"... I would be interested to know what percentage of the 50-odd masternodes are there right now. It'd be easy for them to shut them all down on a whim.
Right now, 30 of 55 are running on Amazon. Hence my desire to run my intended others elsewhere.
The decentralized solution has become centralized.
Well, not really, not practically. First off, Amazon has services in something like 6-8 different locations around the world. Plus, each node is owned by different people, they're in control of them, not Amazon. So it's still decentralized. It's not the same as having a handful of servers serving up something like a blockchain, as in android wallets, or mixing service from one or two servers.
I am interested in setting up a masternode on a second computer on my home network. I posted before but didn't get any responses. Is it generally not a wise thing to host one on your home computer? Are most people using hosting services?
The nodes should really be spread out across different countries and different services. I was figuring that hosting my own gives me more control over it, but, does it make my network more vulnerable to targeted attack? I would obviously be broadcasting my IP, correct?
Another option (perhaps the best choice imho) would be to host the node on a home server and ask your existing provider for a 2nd static IP address for a game server or something, then exit that through a good VPN provider perhaps. Their is a lot to be said for owning and having access to the physical equipment for your master node.
Yeah I'm starting to think this way.
It's probably going to be the cheapest option too. Linux Box with a 2nd IP on your existing provider.
DNSCrypt - http://dnscrypt.org/ and compatible DNS - https://dnscrypt.eu/ - http://wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier2
Riseup.net VPN - https://help.riseup.net/en/vpn
+1000 DRK = Done.
