Not sure why everyone is having so many problems. I downloaded the wallet and edited the conf with the nodes in the original post and am connected fine. Diff is at 4 now. I'll post my conf in case anyone needs it. Of course, change the password if you're mining.
ecurrency.conf
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=password
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=8080
port=8081
gen=0
maxconnections=200
addnode=23.95.9.59:8081
addnode=70.225.138.34:8081
addnode=50.167.216.83:8081
addnode=193.219.117.63:8081
Added some new nodes from peers. It's on the first page, but I'll post here as well.
rpcuser=admin
rpcpassword=XXXXXXXXXXXXX
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=8080
port=8081
gen=0
daemon=1
server=1
listen=1
maxconnections=200
addnode=23.95.9.59:8081
addnode=70.225.138.34:8081
addnode=50.167.216.83:8081
addnode=193.219.117.63:8081
addnode=97.124.91.43:8081
addnode=76.178.149.21:8081
addnode=77.96.131.95:8081