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How many Bitcoin nodes are currently in operation?

Is bitnodes.io considered a reliable source? It suggests 18K “reachable” nodes and 53K “global” nodes (although I’m not entirely sure what defines the difference).

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GUI⚡ 1y ago

I'm not sure if the nodes that aren't allowing incoming connections can be mapped there..

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boston wine 1y ago

Got it. Do those nodes basically still validate blocks and broadcast the node runner’s transactions? What does it mean to block incoming connections