Anything a normal node can't do ?
Theres also the fact that you don't need to leave your own computer on all the time, which could be a fire hazard.
Lol ok then but it seems pretty pointless though.
You do know computers are designed to be always on right.... In the past 25 year of dealing with PC's I haven't had one ever catch fire or overheat unless it was a dust problem
Significant CPU usage you mean, well that's not good at all, things are meant to be energy efficient, its like your basically saying "Yes we have servicenodes but you can't run them on a PC properly & will get kicked due to using too much resources and not performing well with score, you won't be able to do anything else on it so you run them on your rented VPS to secure your servicenode and score"
Right now they will use low amounts of CPU power.
Will you get stakes or a reward for being a servicenode ?
BTW that's some pretty slow internet upload lol I'm in Australia as well and my Telstra ISP plan is 500GB with Free speed-boost & a bonus 500GB for being a long term member totaling 1TB Download/Upload limit.
My max speed connection is 110+ Mbps Download & 2Mbps Upload.
All on Cable, no silly NBN or ADSL lol
I actually got a 300GB bonus totaling 500GB combined upload and download.
You upload is faster than my download.
I'm on ADSL. Not even ADSL 2+ but that is probably because I'm right on the edge of my suburb, near the ocean.
Edit: Oh, and yes, you will get rewards for being a servicenode. One servicenode per block will be picked to recieve 30% of the current block reward.
Your from Bayside then aren't ya hahaha
Ah here it is: http://t.co/BE5QQ49FVS
That pic was when it was raining. I think one of the phone lines is broken or something bevause everything seems to slow down when it rains.
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