block the ones controlled by a single entity yes, so its a more accurate sample of real node runners. it appears to be much less (2-3%) instead of 20%. so some scammer is inflating the numbers to convince people that users are running knots. honestly could be a state level actor at this point, who knows.

Sooo all the nodes on aws are controlled by the same scammer? Even the bitcoin core nodes? I'm sure core nodes are also hosted there too.

I'm just trying to understand what you are saying.. A quarter of the current reachable bitcoin nodes are on aws.

Could be the individual I overheard scheming to inflate the node count numbers not too long ago right before the knots count started to spike. 🤔 Node count is a largely irrelevant vanity metric. Best to ignore.

Are you a state actor?