Lie # 2: The Node Count & Distribution

Ignoring the hilarious 1 minute block time altogether (not suitable at all for what they’re aiming to do), look at the node count. 3614 nodes.

Oh wait, no sorry, I refreshed, looks like almost another 100 nodes just spawned into existence.

Just refreshed again, looks like I was wrong. There’s 3752 now.

Hmmm…..

I think it’s obvious that this entire “block explorer” cannot be trusted, much like the Waltonchain team. For reference, I took all those screenshots within about a 2–3 minute span. Hundred’s of new nodes in… minutes? Ethereum has ~13000 nodes. Ripple has less than 1000. But Waltonchain wants you to believe that not only do they have nearly 4000 nodes, but also that they’re growing rapidly (which is, of course, the opposite of the case).

Now lets look at that node distribution…

You can check for yourself at https://waltonchain.net/#/charts

They claim 1200+ US nodes. This no-name testnet project claims more nodes in the US alone than what Ripple has globally.

220 in China (riiiight)

500 in Bulgaria… (this number was 400 when I started this post, but is 500 now 20 minutes later)

Nearly 700 in Singapore…

Apparently for 2 people in the Netherlands that run an ETH node, 1 runs a WTC node. Bull. Shit.

Not a single part of Waltonchain can be trusted, from their shady team, to their… slow community