one "problem" I noticed was that there are very little financial incentives for running a node. The APR is about 4% on that and it costs at least around $1k to buy the hardware for running a node and an additional $300+ for electricity a year. This means that only whales will basically be able to make a profit by burning a lot of KOIN which could make the blockchain more centralized. I believe @theycallmedan @starkerz and @edicted pointed out how it's not a feasible assumption to think that people will just start running nodes for the network's sake. Would like to read up on those arguments again.
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It does seem like everything we build always evolves into an Oligarchy. That being said, I'm not sure of the Koinos blockchain's end goal. I do know that people will invest money and or time and resources if they believe in the cause. Think of it as just throwing away money on a video game continuously with no real return. People do it all the time.
Another option will be mining pools for those not wishing to spend much or run a node themselves. Technically I guess they may be called burn pools. These pools could offer some level of DAO-like functionality to allow their users to have some influence on governance.
that's a good option to have