I remember back when this kind of data initially came out that nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7cnjvghxjme0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qfrwaehxw309ahx7um5wgkhvetjd9nxjety9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qylhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytt4wdsju6mpx9nkyet0vyerzcnwd5h82uedwajhxapdxghxxuewv9kkz7n0dekxjemgw3ekz6tv9e3k7mf0qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yt35xvuxytnwv46z7qpqe0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9snrh2rn mentioned it was not really accurate due to the ability to make it seem like your node is hosted on one of these when it's not.

I'm not really technical so I can't really explain it, though the number of nodes that aren't actually hosted on these is probably quite small overall.

However I think this is a symptom of the quite relaxed environment LN is on rn, I believe if attacks were to start happening this hosting data would change quite a bit.

It's like bitcoin mining, if under attack it decentralizes more and more, otherwise it takes advantage of the friendly environment.

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That argument never resonated with me. The number of hosts that obfuscate their IP is likely negligible.

i run 3 nodes and they all pretend to be somewhere they’re not 🤷 sample size of one tho