blockchain working? not connecting for me...
I'm connected. But only to 4 nodes... Lately I'm experiencing this network behavior, very little nodes available to connect to.
IF running windows, try my Firewall Tip above your post.

I'm currently running the PHS qt-wallet on a AWS VM...

I added the nodes to the config file and the firewall was already set.
But I can't get past the 4 nodes

Can you please share your .conf file?