> I wonder who is actually hosting tor exit nodes This 2015 Vice article attempts to answer that question: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5394ax/the-operators

> I wonder who is actually hosting tor exit nodes This 2015 Vice article attempts to answer that question: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5394ax/the-operators https://www.vice.com/en/article/5394ax/the-operators TL;DR: "most of these exits are set up by volunteers, or 'operators.' A few organizations maintain the larger exits, a number of universities have their own, and individual activists run some too."