Hi @SvenF , thanks for your reply and apologies for the double-post. I am aware of the fact decentralization have been reached and currently no new node machines are required. It would be good to understand what the community can best to to allow new node providers to join again.
One answer seems to be to help grow the number of developers, hence dapps, and ultimately cycles burned to the IC network, which will ultimately increase utilization and new demand for NP expansion.
I hope this can help unlock the current halt, since especially on the geographical dimension, the network is currently far from decentralized, with (southern hemisphere) emerging markets being under represented.