our estimates: ~8000 ----- Original Message ----- From: Addy Yeow Sent: 05/16/13 06:27 AM To: bitcoingrant@gmx.com Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Modularizing Bitcoin > Such developments would significantly strengthen the system. Modularization would make cancer attacks less likely and increase the node count, which, currently, is fairly low. Do we know for certain or at least a rough figure of the node count in the network?