Snapshot December 5
#Monero Nodes: 22537
(Source: monero.fail)
#Bitcoin Nodes: 17001
(Source: bitnodes.io)
Snapshot December 5
#Monero Nodes: 22537
(Source: monero.fail)
#Bitcoin Nodes: 17001
(Source: bitnodes.io)
This is an early indicator, that #Monero is taking the cypherpunk underground with full force. The gap will only widen from here.
#Bitcoin
Am I the only one who finds these numbers suprising and a little bit off?
There's plenty of incentives to run your own bitcoin node, the main one being privacy.
You don't need to run a monero node to be private (network-wise).
On that basis alone, there should be much more bitcoin nodes.