Google Cloud abruptly suspended our entire infrastructure, falsely accusing us of crypto mining and phishing. No warning, no support – just instant shutdown.
Before we dive into what happened, we want to start by expressing our deepest gratitude to every single WebHostMost user. When faced with an unexpected challenge, your unwavering support, trust, and patience proved that we’re not just a hosting provider – we’re a community.
You stood by us. You believed in us. And because of that, we’re now stronger than ever.
More about this you can read in this article. This is a Beginning of this story.
January 6, 2025, 10:00 AM (UTC). Everything went dark.
Without warning, our entire Google Cloud infrastructure was shut down. No prior notice, no gradual restrictions – just an abrupt suspension that took down hundreds of thousands of websites, including our own. For years, we had relied on Google Cloud, paying premium rates for top-tier infrastructure and dedicated support. And yet, despite being a cloud partner, despite our compliance with all policies, we found ourselves completely locked out.
At first, we were accused of running crypto mining operations – something that was not only false but fundamentally impossible within our environment, which is built for web hosting. Hours later, instead of a resolution, the accusation shifted. Now, they claimed we were hosting phishing content. All of last year, we regularly received phishing reports, and each time, we acted immediately – taking down any reported sites within 15 minutes. We maintained strict compliance, ensuring that malicious content had no place on our servers. Yet this time, there was no warning, no chance to respond. Instead of a routine notification, we were met with an instant, sweeping ban.
We had no access to our account, no phone number to call, no live chat support. The only means of communication was Google’s support ticket system, where responses took hours. Meanwhile, our users were flooding us with messages – emails, Telegram chats, tickets – seeking answers, frustrated by the sudden downtime.
We knew we had no time to waste.
Our priority was clear: we needed to move. Fast. But not just move – we had to rebuild our infrastructure in a way that ensured this could never happen again.
The key problem with Google Cloud was centralization. Everything – our servers, our networking, our IPs – was tied to a single provider. When they pulled the plug, everything collapsed. The only way forward was full decentralization, with no single point of failure.
Here’s what we set out to achieve:
And we had to do it all without a single second of downtime for our users.
One of the first hurdles was obtaining our own IPv4 addresses. Unlike IPv6, which is still widely available, IPv4 space has been completely exhausted since 2015. The only way to get them was through ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) by purchasing them on the secondary market – at staggering prices.
We didn’t just need a handful of IPs – we needed an entire /22 block (1024 addresses) to maintain our operations. This was an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it was non-negotiable. Owning our IPs meant independence – no provider could take them from us again.
With our IPs secured, we needed new homes for our infrastructure. But this time, we weren’t going to rely on just one provider. We carefully selected three top-tier, independent data centers:
Each of these data centers met our strict criteria: enterprise-grade hardware, low-latency global connectivity, and strict security protocols. More importantly, they were independent of each other – so even if one faced an issue, the others would continue running without disruption.
We didn’t just move servers; we completely re-architected our system for resilience.
This was the real challenge: moving tens of thousands of active websites, databases, and accounts without taking anything offline.
Despite the massive scale of this migration, the entire transition was completed without a single second of downtime.
As of today, WebHostMost is no longer reliant on any single provider. We have achieved true decentralization, meaning that no company – not Google, not Amazon, not Microsoft – can ever take us offline again.
Throughout this process, one thing remained clear – our community is incredible. When everything was on the line, you stood by us. Your patience, trust, and support fueled us through the chaos, pushing us to rebuild stronger than before.
We are deeply grateful to every single one of you. This win is not just ours – it’s yours too.
WebHostMost has always been about more than just hosting. We’re about independence. We’re about reliability. And most of all, we’re about putting our users first, no matter what.
This is just the beginning.
We’re not just another hosting provider – we’re setting a new standard for what hosting should be.
Thank you for believing in us.
The future is decentralized. And we’re leading the way.
