I did some further investigations, and my claim stays: the masternode list is bogus.
I ran a script using tcpping/tcptraceroute against the list of active IPs, to check if port 19999 is open on the machines. The results are as follows:
Code:
pinging 23.20.78.184 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.22.13.31 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.23.55.5 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.242.106.27 -->seq 0: tcp response from cpe-23-242-106-27.socal.res.rr.com (23.242.106.27) [open] 102.207 ms
pinging 37.187.47.129 -->seq 0: tcp response from 129.ip-37-187-47.eu (37.187.47.129) [open] 80.862 ms
pinging 37.187.216.11 -->seq 0: tcp response from 11.ip-37-187-216.eu (37.187.216.11) [closed] 86.208 ms
pinging 50.16.10.185 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.16.13.19 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.16.159.173 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.9.225 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.56.71 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.76.216 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.76.47.232 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.80.118.25 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.80.186.130 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.80.217.163 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.80.221.149 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.80.248.174 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.81.150.16 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.81.244.239 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.82.237.183 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.83.151.118 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.86.103.191 -->seq 0: tcp response from ec2-54-86-103-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.86.103.191) [open] 16.433 ms
pinging 54.87.121.203 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.197.213.80 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.198.109.108 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.198.145.174 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.198.191.99 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.198.252.150 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.203.217.224 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.211.202.218 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.224.28.113 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.224.75.195 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.224.75.199 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.225.6.1 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.226.159.60 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.227.104.145 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.227.119.61 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.234.251.170 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.237.191.208 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.242.110.149 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.242.139.236 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.242.152.165 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 54.255.159.230 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 84.25.161.117 -->seq 0: tcp response from 5419A175.cm-5-2c.dynamic.ziggo.nl (84.25.161.117) [open] 97.837 ms
pinging 93.188.161.89 -->seq 0: tcp response from 93.188.161.89 [open] 18.385 ms
pinging 104.33.210.231 -->seq 0: tcp response from cpe-104-33-210-231.socal.res.rr.com (104.33.210.231) [open] 97.893 ms
pinging 107.20.4.185 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 107.20.28.12 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 107.20.38.255 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 107.20.122.204 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 107.21.138.152 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 107.22.42.148 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 108.61.199.47 -->seq 0: tcp response from 108.61.199.47.vultr.com (108.61.199.47) [open] 83.854 ms
pinging 184.73.34.180 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 184.73.48.127 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 184.73.179.148 -->seq 0: tcp response from ec2-184-73-179-148.compute-1.amazonaws.com (184.73.179.148) [open] 1.544 ms
pinging 184.73.179.187 -->seq 0: tcp response from ec2-184-73-179-187.compute-1.amazonaws.com (184.73.179.187) [open] 61.965 ms
pinging 184.73.179.196 -->seq 0: tcp response from ec2-184-73-179-196.compute-1.amazonaws.com (184.73.179.196) [open] 29.792 ms
pinging 188.226.133.22 -->seq 0: tcp response from 188.226.133.22 [closed] 93.537 ms
pinging 204.236.211.102 -->seq 0: no response (timeout)
You will notice that most IPs are not open on port 19999, only a decent rest of 12(!) IPs is at least listening on port 19999.
I don't know how the masses of dead IPs are coming on the list and why they stay there since almost 20 hours, since they do not provide any service to the network, but my fear is they take part in the voting too. The code to determine if a node is alive and providing darksend service needs to be refurbished - proof of service needs to be PROOF of service!
If somebody wants to verify my findings
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install tcptraceroute
$ wget http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/tcpping
$ chmod 755 tcpping
$ ./tcpping -w1 -x 1 184.73.179.148 19999
http://xmodulo.com/2013/01/how-to-install-tcpping-on-linux.html
EDIT: I ran my script against mainnet as well - Only 173 out of 355 (49%) masternodes have open port 9999 - the rest is dead :sad: please proof me wrong...
Code:
pinging 5.254.116.232 --> seq 0: tcp response from lh25767.voxility.net (5.254.116.232) [closed] 131.646 ms
pinging 23.20.8.141 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.20.40.89 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.20.86.159 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.20.120.177 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.20.183.122 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.20.251.111 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 23.98.71.17 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 37.59.168.129 --> seq 0: tcp response from masternode.darkcoin.fr (37.59.168.129) [open] 84.389 ms
pinging 37.187.43.227 --> seq 0: tcp response from 227.ip-37-187-43.eu (37.187.43.227) [open] 80.885 ms
pinging 37.187.47.129 --> seq 0: tcp response from 129.ip-37-187-47.eu (37.187.47.129) [open] 80.621 ms
pinging 37.187.244.244 --> seq 0: tcp response from 244.ip-37-187-244.eu (37.187.244.244) [open] 93.088 ms
pinging 37.187.244.247 --> seq 0: tcp response from 247.ip-37-187-244.eu (37.187.244.247) [open] 90.011 ms
pinging 46.22.128.38 --> seq 0: tcp response from 128-38.colo.sta.blacknight.ie (46.22.128.38) [open] 92.735 ms
pinging 46.22.128.38 --> seq 0: tcp response from 128-38.colo.sta.blacknight.ie (46.22.128.38) [open] 95.496 ms
pinging 46.28.206.33 --> seq 0: tcp response from 46.28.206.33 [closed] 100.029 ms
pinging 46.240.170.28 --> seq 0: tcp response from 46.240.170.28 [open] 126.888 ms
pinging 50.16.136.92 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.16.161.222 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.41.33 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.52.166 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.17.176.215 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
pinging 50.19.68.175 --> seq 0: no response (timeout)
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