There are ~8,500 physical nodes on the network of Ethereum validators according to this new study by @alexneumueller. Meanwhile, a 2024 paper recorded ~12,000 nodes on the network, and of those, ~7,000 validator nodes (Brown, Bautista-Gomez, 2024 arxiv.org/pdf/2404.02164). This shows the numbers are
A new study reports ~8,500 physical Ethereum validator nodes, down from ~12,000 total nodes in 2024, highlighting a large overhead from potential validator seats.
There are ~8,500 physical nodes on the network of Ethereum validators according to this new study by @alexneumueller. Meanwhile, a 2024 paper recorded ~12,000 nodes on the network, and of those, ~7,000 validator nodes (Brown, Bautista-Gomez, 2024 arxiv.org/pdf/2404.02164). This shows the numbers are
There are ~8,500 physical nodes on the network of Ethereum validators according to this new study by @alexneumueller. Meanwhile, a 2024 paper recorded ~12,000 nodes on the network, and of those, ~7,000 validator nodes (Brown, Bautista-Gomez, 2024 arxiv.org/pdf/2404.02164). This shows the numbers are