This is a graph that monitors the growth of masternodes over time.  Now remember that there is a hard limit at the moment in the number of masternodes that can exist that is basically:  

Max number of masternodes  = coinsupply/1000 or about 6100 masternodes at the moment. So we could not possibly double again.


The goal of establishing the masternode network  was to build our network infrastructure to the point where it is comparable to Bitcoin's and is capable of providing real services to people in a reliable way.  We have accomplished that already and the masternode count may continue to grow at a slower pace than in 2015 just because there is a hard cap.

In my opinion, our business development focus for this coming year should be in building up the financial infrastructure, reliable fiat exchanges, market making, brokerage, more options to buy/sell Dash, etc. This layer is extremely important so that potential end user services have a safe and reliable way to clear transactions.

Once a more robust financial infrastructure layer is in place, I think we can start to see real day to day services come up. Imagine InstantX low cost remittances using Lamassu machines between territories that have a strong need for this. We will be able to do all kinds of things once we have a stronger financial layer, so that should be our focus for 2016 from a business development perspective. While of course at the same time we continue technical research and development for Dash Evolution. My point is there is a lot of value in already deployed technology that we need to take advantage of today.