On the topic of the ZERO network, two things are apparent:

1. There are very few running ZERO nodes
2. Very few of those few ZERO nodes accept incoming connections

In fact my own node constantly has only one peer connected. The only node that (seems to) readily accepts connections is 35.164.216.74 (put up by the ZERO creator). In this condition the ZERO network is not really decentralized and resilient at all...

So let us try to fix this! I have started a ZERO node to the "benefit of the community" - IP 94.176.235.178  It accepts incoming connections. Everyone interested may add it to their config. file ~/.zero/zero.conf:

addnode=94.176.235.178

This node is based on the ZERO code-base at: https://github.com/zerodev2/zero
I would ask all those interested in having a strong ZERO network to either run a node that accepts connections or help me run this one (at least) The node costs approx 0.8 USD per day - at the current rate this is 5 ZER. All ZER contributions I receive to this ZERO address

t1L7TfvTQb9B78sLxH9cfx65aBVKfrFJMBQ

will be used to pay for the node... If enough people help with a few pennies - we can keep it running. This should be just a start - one extra node does not make a network ;-)