Somehow this feels wrong. Like path to producers and workers.

Bitcoin’s network distinguishes between two types of nodes: economic and non-economic nodes. Economic nodes are run by users or businesses who actually validate real, spendable transactions—like exchanges or merchants. These nodes enforce consensus rules that matter for the coins people use, making them influential in shaping Bitcoin’s protocol. In contrast, non-economic nodes merely relay or observe data without participating in meaningful economic activity—they have no real impact on which coins are considered valid across the Bitcoin economy. Only economic nodes matter for the stability and direction of Bitcoin, since they’re the ones determining if coins are truly usable in practice.