I'd like to support the Decred network and stumbled upon a thread regarding a shortage of active nodes on the network. Is simply running the Decredition wallet 24/7 not enough to be counted as an active node? If not, are there any plans to allow for this simplicity without extra port forwarding steps or VPNs which many non-network savy people will not follow? I do not wish to just be a leech of the blockchain and I think that the wallet should allow for downloading the blockchain from all available peers (torrent style). I'm not sure if Decred differs at all from how all the other cryptocurrency wallets function but it seems to me this would be ideal. Please correct me if I'm misinformed.
Active Node List
https://dcrstats.com/mapRelevant Thread
https://forum.decred.org/threads/how-dcrd-works-and-the-shortage-of-public-dcrd-nodes.1371/