And there is the issue. Nothing to argue against the off-beat tradesites, they would work if CANN would work on a rumor level. Perspective, things to come. Maybe even old things turning out to be no lies no more. D9 has to come out, changing from a liability into an asset.
   
Regarding the node count, a rather technical point, just there turning POS would make sense. For attracting POW hashrate one needs more solid economy baselines and the coin supply got mined almost completely. Price low, too.