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## Decentralized VPNs
Another attempt at solving the issues with centralized VPN services are dVPNs. These are based on blockchain technology and claim to eliminiate trust in a single party by distributing the nodes across lots of different people. However, many times a dVPN will default to a single node, meaning you need to trust that node completely, just like a traditional VPN. Unlike a traditional VPN, this one node that can see all your traffic is a random person instead of your VPN provider. Multi-hop is needed to solve this, but that comes with a stability and performance cost.
Another attempt at solving the issues with centralized VPN services are dVPNs. These are based on blockchain technology and claim to eliminiate trust in a single party by distributing the nodes across lots of different people. However, many times a dVPN will default to a single node, meaning you need to trust that node completely, just like a traditional VPN. Unlike a traditional VPN, this one node that can see all your traffic is a random person instead of your VPN provider that can be audited and has legal responsiblities to uphold their privacy policy. Multi-hop is needed to solve this, but that comes with a stability and performance cost.
Another consideration is legal liability; the exit node will need to deal with legal problems from misuse of the network, an issue that the Tor network has contended with for its entire existence. This disincentivizes regular people from running nodes and makes it more attractive for a malicious actor with lots of resources to host one. This is a big problem is the service is single-node, as the potentially malicious exit node can see who you are and what you're connecting to.
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- [This Chinese company is secretly behind 24 popular apps seeking dangerous permissions](https://vpnpro.com/blog/chinese-company-secretly-behind-popular-apps-seeking-dangerous-permissions/)
- [The Trouble with VPN and Privacy Review Sites](https://blog.privacyguides.org/2019/11/20/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privacy-review-sites/)
- [Why VPNs are Wrong and MPRs are Right](https://invisv.com/articles/relay.html)
- [Comparing dVPNs and centralized VPNs for privacy protection](https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/comparing-dvpns-centralized-vpns-privacy-protection/)
- [Comparing dVPNs and centralized VPNs for privacy protection](https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/comparing-dvpns-centralized-vpns-privacy-protection/)