Well theres planned to be 512 elite nodes.
Does this mean nobody else can have a node when 512 is reached?
How many exist now?
Thank you very much for your explanation, I am really interested to get enough XBY for a node!
Theres currently 429 nodes according to the static list
http://borzalom.hu/static-list.html
There was talk about doing a sort of "raffle" to decide who gets the remaining nodes, it was mentioned about them being more expensive than the initial 500k because the original people placed more faith in the project in the early days and people joining now know more than the original node buyers did.
After this, there has been talk of having tier 2 nodes, these would undoubtedly be cheaper nodes, however they would have less consensus power, and reduced fee payment percentages.