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It seems that it's already in the ToS since 2021-10-27 (https://www.hetzner.com/assets/Uploads/downloads/AGB-en.pdf https://www.hetzner.com/assets/Uploads/downl

It seems that it's already in the ToS since 2021-10-27 (https://www.hetzner.com/assets/Uploads/downloads/AGB-en.pdf https://www.hetzner.com/assets/Uploads/downloads/AGB-en.pdf, Wayback Machine provides evidence of non-tampering https://web.archive.org/web/20220209111333im_/https://www.hetzner.com/assets/Uploads/downloads/AGB-en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220209111333im_/https://www.he...), just enforced today presumably due to electricity usage (at least at the time that document was drafted).

latchkey 4y ago
Proof of Stake doesn't increase electricity usage. It is just some software running...
- sokoloff 4y ago
  OK, keep going; you’re almost there… (Yes, it doesn’t require nearly as much power as proof of work, but it obviously consumes power.)
  - capableweb 4y ago
    > (Yes, it doesn’t require nearly as much power as proof of work, but it obviously consumes power.) With that same reason, they should ban their customers from running any sort of stress-tests as well, as that'll consume more power than just assuming your web server can handle the load.
  - latchkey 4y ago
    I was assuming the OPs comment was in relation to how PoW on CPU/GPU uses up 100% of the power that it can get. PoS doesn't work in the same way... Plus what others said... the price of power is factored into their end user pricing.
- nix23 4y ago
  >increase electricity usage. Even if...hell you pay for it! Really none of their business if it's not illegal.