Bridge validator co-hosting

Evidence summary #

Wormhole's 19 Guardians operated by separate named organizations. Axelar PoS validators are geographically distributed. No evidence of majority co-hosting.

Detail #

Wormhole Guardians are publicly named organizations (Jump, Certus One, etc.) with independent infrastructure. Axelar PoS validator set is public and diverse. Native L2 bridges delegate to chain infrastructure.

Sources #

Methodology #

Determine whether validators share ASN or data-center/custodian per on-chain and OSINT inference.

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