Quote from: UdjinM6 on January 16, 2016, 06:56:18 AM

Quote from: adhitthana on January 16, 2016, 06:25:32 AM

Hi all. Can anyone tell me how many Master Nodes Dash has at present? Thank you

You can track MNs using:
1. this graph http://178.254.18.153/~pub/masternode_count.png
2. https://chainz.cryptoid.info/dash/ or https://chainz.cryptoid.info/dash/masternodes.dws to get more info
3. https://dashninja.pl/masternodes.html#mnlistdetail or http://www.dashnodes.com/index/masternodes/ to get even more detailed info
4. or simply via Dash Core wallet itself (Tools -> Information -> Number of Masternodes)

Quote from: adhitthana on January 16, 2016, 06:38:37 AM

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Has anyone run any numbers?

Is there a plan to phase out masternodes or reduce the amount needed to run a MN?

The number of MNs is designed to balance itself: the more MNs there are the less reward for every single MN. To reduce the amount needed to run a MN (i.e. increase the number of MNs) we would have to do a hard fork and ask everyone to split their MNs which would be a stress for the network. I think we are pretty fine with the number of MNs we have right now and there is no need for such action.

If you are looking to run a MN but you do not have 1000 DASH you can join other people to run a so called shared masternode. There are some community members who offer such service (but be aware that you have to trust them your DASHs to run a MN for you).

You always forget about dash-stats.com