Node operators process transactions and receive token incentives. These independently owned high-spec node machines around the world are connected via Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), creating a self-sovereign network not reliant on any cloud services. Advanced cryptography allows any application or service to be run on the network in a decentralized manner via smart contracts.

The Internet Computer is a decentralized cloud blockchain, where apps can be built fully onchain, using AI, or by coding. Try caffeine.ai & icp.ninja.

ICP tokenholders own and govern the protocol. They currently take (burn) all of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). ICP Holders can stake their ICP on the Network Nervous System (NNS), an advanced fully on-chain DAO that facilitates liquid democracy. Staking ICP allows users to submit proposals, vote on proposals, and earn rewards for their participation in governance. Internet Computer's investors include Polychain, Scalar Capital, Amino Capital, etc.

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# Internet Computer Total boundary nodes Methodology

## 1. Overview

Total boundary nodes measures the total number of boundary nodes active in the Internet Computer network on each day. Boundary nodes are Internet Computer's edge nodes that provide HTTP access to applications and services running on the Internet Computer blockchain. This metric tracks the network's infrastructure capacity and geographic distribution by counting all active boundary nodes daily. The calculation processes scraped network statistics data from Internet Computer's infrastructure monitoring systems to provide a daily count of operational boundary nodes.

## 2. Data sources

- **Internet Computer network statistics**: Daily boundary node counts scraped from Internet Computer's infrastructure monitoring APIs
- **Network infrastructure data**: Real-time statistics about Internet Computer's node infrastructure, including boundary node operational status
- **Scraped JSON data**: Daily statistics collected via automated scraping of Internet Computer's network monitoring endpoints

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Raw data extraction
- **Purpose**: Extract daily boundary node counts from scraped Internet Computer network statistics
- **Logic**: Parse JSON-formatted daily statistics data that contains arrays of daily network metrics. Extract the `day` timestamp and `total_boundary_nodes` count from each entry in the daily statistics arrays. Cast the day field to timestamp format and the boundary node count to numeric format for processing.
- **Key fields**: `day` (timestamp of the measurement), `total_boundary_nodes` (count of active boundary nodes), `inserted_at` (when the data was scraped and stored)

### Component B: Data versioning and deduplication  
- **Purpose**: Handle multiple versions of the same day's data and select the most recent accurate version
- **Logic**: Since the scraper may collect updated versions of the same day's statistics (due to corrections or real-time updates), apply row numbering partitioned by timestamp and ordered by insertion time in descending order. This identifies the most recently inserted version of each day's data. Filter to only include records where the row number equals 1, ensuring only the latest version of each day's boundary node count is used.
- **Key fields**: `row_number` (ranking of data versions by recency), filtered records with the most recent insertion timestamp

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: Take the deduplicated daily boundary node counts and apply Token Terminal's standardized metric schema using the finalize boundary nodes macro
- **Schema standardization**: Add required business metadata including chain identifier (`internetcomputer`), business line classification (`Blockchain`), market sector (`blockchains_l1`), and business segment (`blockchain`)
- **Gap handling**: Apply forward-fill strategy to handle any missing days in the data, ensuring continuous daily coverage
- **Time boundaries**: Data is aggregated at daily granularity based on the timestamp from the original Internet Computer statistics
- **Final calculation**: The metric value is the direct count of total boundary nodes active on each day, with no additional mathematical transformations applied to the underlying count data

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

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