Is Consensys Actually Decentralizing DeFi Through DIN On EigenCloud?

The primary value of crypto asset lies in its promise that foundational networks are meant to be operational continuously. This unparalleled reliability allows DeFi platforms, whether for lending or decentralized trades, to function at any hour, facilitating transaction processes without censorship, which is another significant advantage.

Indeed, BTC, ETH, and the main networks that support some of the upcoming 100X cryptos are trustworthy. Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, and the majority of established chains with decentralized nodes and miners have not “halted” since their inception.

Nonetheless, an incident occurred last month. When AWS experienced downtime, leading DeFi frameworks such as Uniswap, MetaMask, and others also stopped connecting to the main platform, disrupting services for countless users.

gotta love seeing 95% of crypto down because of an AWS outage

very decentralized – great work lads 👍

— Psycho (@AltcoinPsycho) October 20, 2025

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The AWS Outage in October

The outage at AWS highlighted that, despite claims of decentralization, a majority of DeFi platforms and wallet services still operate most of their nodes on centralized cloud services. A significant portion, as has become evident, relies on platforms like AWS, Google, and Alibaba to maintain operations. This choice brings vulnerabilities to the crypto space.

Amazon engineers diagnosed the incident as a “DNS race condition” in their automated DNS management system. In layman’s terms, two tasks in their DynamoDB, a ledger service, tried to write the same DNS entry at once, resulting in an “empty” ledger that caused all their troubles.

By the time the issue was resolved, Coinbase, Robinhood, MetaMask, and Infura had all begun reporting problems.

On Infura, which supports a majority of Ethereum RPC traffic, endpoint issues ultimately affected most ETH layer-2s, including Base and Optimism.

In particular, on Uniswap, trading came to a halt as users were unable to connect or perform swaps.

On Aave, a decentralized money crypto market, borrowing and lending came to a standstill while oracle updates lagged, putting under-collateralized positions at risk.

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Consensys Tackling This DeFi Challenge via EigenCloud

Recognizing the risks, Consensys, which operates Infura, a provider of distributed database infrastructure, is taking steps by offering user-friendly RPC endpoints.

Recently, Consensys introduced a decentralized infrastructure network (DIN) as an actively validated service (AVS) on EigenCloud, a restaking platform on ETH.

.@DINBuild has officially launched as an Autonomous Verifiable Service (AVS) on @eigencloud, marking a major step toward resolving one of web3’s most pressing challenges: the centralization of infrastructure.

DIN enables permissionless onboarding for RPC validator providers, network… pic.twitter.com/ELckBenEMe

— Consensys.eth (@Consensys) November 17, 2025

The DIN framework by Consensys is set to function as an RPC marketplace, where malicious actors will face penalties.

On EigenCloud, users can stake ETH or its liquid-staked variants like stETH to secure the Ethereum main protocol, and then “restake” it to also support other services like DIN.

The DIN is open-source, and validator operators can participate as providers, competing on performance and earning a portion of traffic fees and restaking rewards.

With DIN, Consensys is essentially decentralizing Infura, and rivals such as QuickNode and Alchemy, which also rely on AWS, may begin to lose crypto market dominance if this EigenCloud-based RPC marketplace gains traction.

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