The count is "reachable nodes", which is a fraction of the number of total nodes. Most people don't open a port to allow incoming connections and their node wil

The count is "reachable nodes", which is a fraction of the number of total nodes. Most people don't open a port to allow incoming connections and their node will only make outgoing ones. Bitcoin has closer to 50k users running Bitcoin Core, with many others using SPV wallets like Electrum. https://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/historical.html https://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/histor...