<p>there is indeed speculation that only a few people are running the majority of classic nodes via aws or similiar services. a user on reddit claimed to host 800 vps classic nodes alone on aws, see <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4aka3f/over_3000_classic_nodes/d113ffi">https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4aka3f/over_3000_classic_nodes/d113ffi</a></p>

<p>the comment is two months old and announced that those crowdfunded nodes will go offline in mid-may, which would fit the current drop. </p>

<p>not sure about the fake demand part of your question, as I don't think there is anything malicious in vps nodes per se and that a good amount of core nodes are on vps too.</p>

<p>btw. 21.co has a couple of nice charts regarding node distribution:
<a href="https://bitnodes.21.co/dashboard/#user-agents">https://bitnodes.21.co/dashboard/#user-agents</a></p>

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<p>Was it just a VPS based ploy to temporarily fake demand for the protocol?</p>

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What is the reason for the recent drop in Bitcoin classic nodes?
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# What is the reason for the recent drop in Bitcoin classic nodes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-18)

Was it just a VPS based ploy to temporarily fake demand for the protocol?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-18. Score: 6

there is indeed speculation that only a few people are running the majority of classic nodes via aws or similiar services. a user on reddit claimed to host 800 vps classic nodes alone on aws, see <https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4aka3f/over_3000_classic_nodes/d113ffi>

the comment is two months old and announced that those crowdfunded nodes will go offline in mid-may, which would fit the current drop.

not sure about the fake demand part of your question, as I don't think there is anything malicious in vps nodes per se and that a good amount of core nodes are on vps too.

btw. 21.co has a couple of nice charts regarding node distribution:
<https://bitnodes.21.co/dashboard/#user-agents>


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