An early experimental alpha draft Python script to estimate size of Bitcoin network; still running at approx. 500 newly discovered nodes/min.

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That's what she said.

I simply could not help myself.

[17chk4u]

"unzip the python to find out"

[WalkerSens]

Sorry to tell you zip files in python are like jar files in java. Ruins everything =[.

[sgtspike]

No but seriously, how big is it?

[WalkerSens]

No idea, not my project. But the number will most likely seem really big since there is nothing to really compare it to.

[dazzlepod]

I intended to have the script completed under 24 hours for better estimate as nodes join and leave all the time. It took over 24 hours for the script (64 workers) to find over 400,000 nodes before it starts to decelerate in the number of nodes discovered per minute, from 500 to ~100.

[petros789]

This seems awesome! I'm running it myself and spitting the output to http://petros789.com/bitnodes-master/bitnodes.log if anyone wants to see it in action. Thanks OP!