RE: It's time to only vote for #HIVE Witnesses who run their full node on ...

[apshamilton]

Amazon has already shown its stripes as a politically motivated anti-free speech company.
Privex is the opposite. Very pro free speech and decentralization and located in Belize so the US government can't easily pressure it.

All third party providers are a risk but Privex is probably the safest option if you have to use a third party provider.

Also @someguy123 is a great guy who has helped me heaps in getting my witness nodes running.

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[chrisrice]

Yeah, I don't know that many people yet @apshamilton since I still am fairly new.

But I replied in this thread about why I think Witnesses who own THEIR OWN hardware, IN THEIR possession, is even more secure than #Privex.

• A lot of people said great things about #Spain and their non-extradition laws, at least, until #JohnMcAfee was arrested in 2020.

Times are changing, it's getting real, and BIG Governments + Corporations + Billionaires have a lot of sway.

• If we want to stand as a Decentralized blockchain, we need the #Top20 to be decentralized among 20 different HARDWARE OWNERS, not 1 - 3 hardware owners, leased out to 20 Witnesses.

I love people, and I want to get to know @someguy123 and everyone else in the #HIVE community, but IMO the above makes sense, and is intended to save ALL of us from getting wiped out by Governments and #BigTech.

Feelings aside, #NotYourHardwareNotYourWitness.