{"id":113940,"date":"2025-11-18T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=113940"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:07:31","slug":"is-consensys-truly-decentralizing-defi-with-din-on-eigencloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=113940","title":{"rendered":"Is Consensys Truly Decentralizing DeFi With DIN On EigenCloud?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Crypto\u2019s main value proposition is that base networks are supposed to be online, all the time. Out of this ultra-high reliability, DeFi platforms, whether lending or decentralized exchanges, can function at any time of the day, all without censoring transactions, another big plus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>True, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and mainnets powering some of the <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>next 100X cryptos<\/span><\/a><span> are reliable. Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, and most legacy chains whose nodes and miners are decentralized have never \u201cstopped\u201d since launching. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, something happened last month. When AWS failed, Uniswap, MetaMask, and other top DeFi protocols also ceased connecting to the mainnet and offering services to thousands, if not millions, of users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">gotta love seeing 95% of crypto down because of an AWS outage<br><br>very decentralized &#8211; great work lads \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>&mdash; Psycho (@AltcoinPsycho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltcoinPsycho\/status\/1980195274673803558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>9+ Best High-Risk, High-Reward Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span>The AWS Blackout in October<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>The AWS blackout revealed that, despite discussions of decentralization, most DeFi protocols and wallet providers still run the majority of their nodes on centralized cloud service providers. A big chunk, as it is now clear, depends on AWS, Google, and Alibaba platforms to power operations. It is a decision that introduces weaknesses to crypto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Amazon engineers identified the outage as a \u201cDNS race condition\u201d in their automated DNS management system. Simply put, two processes in their DynamoDB, a database service, competed to write the duplicate DNS entry simultaneously, resulting in an \u201cempty\u201d record, which was the source of all their problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By the time the problem was fixed, Coinbase, Robinhood, MetaMask, and Infura had all reported issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Infura, which <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infura.io\/product\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">powers<\/a> most Ethereum RPC traffic, endpoint disruptions ultimately impacted most Ethereum layer-2s, including <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Base and Optimism<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Specifically, on Uniswap, trading froze as users couldn\u2019t connect or execute swaps. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Aave, a decentralized money market, borrowing and lending stalled while oracle updates were delayed, risking undercollateralized positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-cryptocurrency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Best New Cryptocurrencies to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span>Consensys Is Fixing This DeFi Problem via EigenCloud<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Aware of the risks, Consensys, which runs Infura, a blockchain infrastructure provider, is taking action by providing easy-to-use RPC endpoints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yesterday, Consensys launched a decentralized infrastructure network (DIN) as an actively validated service (AVS) on EigenCloud, a restaking protocol on Ethereum. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DINBuild?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DINBuild<\/a> has officially launched as an Autonomous Verifiable Service (AVS) on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eigencloud?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@eigencloud<\/a>, marking a major step toward solving one of web3\u2019s most pressing challenges: the centralization of infrastructure.  <\/p>\n<p>DIN enables permissionless onboarding for RPC node providers, network\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELckBenEMe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ELckBenEMe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Consensys.eth (@Consensys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Consensys\/status\/1990425314246181139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><span>The DIN by Consensys will operate as an RPC marketplace, where malicious agents will be penalized. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On EigenCloud, users can stake ETH or liquid-staked versions like stETH to secure the Ethereum mainnet, then \u201crestake\u201d it to also back other services like DIN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The DIN is open-source, and node operators can join as providers, competing on performance and earning a share of traffic fees and restaking rewards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Effectively, with DIN, Consensys is decentralizing Infura and competitors, including QuickNode and Alchemy, which also depend on AWS, might lose market share should this EigenCloud-powered RPC marketplace find traction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Best Meme Coin ICOs to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Consensys Decentralizing DeFi via DIN on EigenCloud<\/h2>\n<p>         <span>AWS outage in October<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>    <\/p>\n<p>         <span>Infura temporarily stalled, impacting top DeFi protocols and Ethereum layer-2s<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>    <\/p>\n<p>         <span>Consensys is deploying DIN on EigenCloud<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>    <\/p>\n<p>         <span>Is the era of 100% uptime for DeFi protocols on?<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/is-consensys-truly-decentralizing-defi-with-din-on-eigencloud\/\">Is Consensys Truly Decentralizing DeFi With DIN On EigenCloud?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto\u2019s main value proposition is that base networks are supposed to be online, all the time. Out of this ultra-high reliability, DeFi platforms, whether lending or decentralized exchanges, can function at any time of the day, all without censoring transactions, another big plus. True, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and mainnets powering some of the next 100X cryptos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}