from Hacker News

Bitcoin's dark secret: Number of full-nodes has barely budged in past two years

by ActsJuvenile on 1/20/18, 8:31 PM with 1 comments

• by ActsJuvenile on 1/20/18, 8:35 PM

  My assumption is that someone using wallets / exchanges is a far more likely to be a price speculator focused on short-term gains.

  Any producer contributing to the Bitcoin economy would require a full node.