BTX NETWORK · BY EASYBTX

The BTX node census

A live picture of the public BTX network: how many nodes are up, where they are, how fresh they run, and how many can really serve the chain's signed history. We verify with real requests, then label. Known operators can join the node circle to see the full directory.

nodes live
countries
at the tip
archives verified
highest tip

Rechecked every 30 minutes. The tip is the highest block of the heaviest chain the reachable nodes report, read from their own block headers, not from an explorer. Nodes come and go between checks, and we do not always reach every one on a single pass, so these are a live estimate, not an exact count. The real network is larger than what any single vantage point can see at once.

[ ONE CHAIN, OR SEVERAL? ]

reading the nodes' headers…

Every reachable node is asked for its recent block headers, and nodes are grouped by the chain those headers actually follow. One group means the network agrees. Two groups built past a common block is a split, and both are shown, with height, work since the split and how many nodes follow each, and which chain each pool is paying out on. We do not say which is right. A node's own validation decides that, and the honest number here is that a split exists at all.

BTX v0.33.3 (17 August 2026) carries the difficulty floor that activates at block 191,714, so a node still on an older build stops at 191,713. On 22 August 2026 about half the nodes we could reach were already updated. The version list further down is the live split.

[ THE NETWORK BY CLASS ]

What the reachable nodes offer

reading the census…

Full nodes serve the whole chain, pruned nodes only the recent blocks. An archive advertises serving signed block confirmations, the thing machines without a qualified graphics chip need to follow the chain, and the network's scarcest service today. Advertising is a claim. Serve-verified means the node answered a real request for the attestation of a recent canonical block. We measure, then label.

The only node you fully trust is your own. These are other people's machines, and connecting a light client to one shares your IP and the addresses you look up with whoever runs it. We report what we can measure, we make no promises about who is on the other end.

Run your own BTX node → Share a Mac as a Keeper → Guard a node you already run →

[ NETWORK MAP ]

The live BTX network mapping the network…

Coarse locations from the node's IP, rounded on purpose, aggregate only. No addresses are shown or stored for this map. A green dot is a reachable node, red is one that did not answer the last check.

[ SOFTWARE VERSIONS ]

What the reachable nodes on the network are running

reading versions…

Self-reported /BTX:x.y.z/ subversion string, brighter green is a newer build.

[ THE NODES ]

Every reachable node, by name and height
NodeHeightChainSoftwareClass

A name is what a node broadcasts in its user agent (easyNode lets you set one under Settings, and it shows here on the next check). Unnamed nodes get a stable tag. The chain column is measured from the node's own headers; a node marked far behind is parked below the point where the census starts comparing. No addresses here: those stay in the member directory below.

[ THE SEEDS ]

The curated seeds, and which of them are down

reading the seed list…

Seeds are the addresses a new node is told to dial first. One marked shipped is compiled into easyNode's bootstrap list, so while it is down every fresh install spends its first dial on it and only then reaches a node that answers. Uptime is over the whole stored history, so a seed that flaps reads differently from one that died. The tag is the same one the node list uses; addresses stay in the member directory below.

[ THE NODE CIRCLE ]

The member directory

The full directory, with per-node addresses and live status, is for known operators. A public list of the network's scarcest machines would be an attack map, so the detail view asks who you are: sign in with qID, apply, and Mende approves each member personally. No token, no payment, nothing to buy. Recognition and trust only.

checking access…

Add a node

Run a public BTX node and want it in the directory? Open a submission form and we will add it. We only list a node with its operator's consent, and you can ask to be removed anytime.