About connections, it is weird because I have always got 8 connected nodes . I have updated node list.
About new dev update, there is still a bit of work to do, but i will release an intermediate update with network hash info, security, some fixes etc along next week.
addnode=97.86.15.238
addnode=199.192.205.46
addnode=199.103.61.149
addnode=93.31.123.188
addnode=144.76.91.109
addnode=85.229.1.85
addnode=65.93.60.14
addnode=54.201.183.106
addnode=54.246.226.20
addnode=70.164.233.143
addnode=192.81.209.17
addnode=70.98.114.237
addnode=173.28.94.60
addnode=178.32.218.153
addnode=24.6.21.198
addnode=93.96.132.70
addnode=78.31.105.38
addnode=50.89.148.247