Any plans to add Masternodes to this? It would open up a stream of possible cooperation with other projects like BCR and SPR, in fact every coin that is using my adaptation (i.e every coin cloned from CRAVE).
DS and IX are not necessary, just the MN implementation.
I'd like to know more about what you are aiming towards. I am not overly enthused by the whole masternodes design, DS or IX (which is technically unsound). Masternodes create a two tier network destroying the true decentralised model so introducing them or not would have to be weighed benefits to risks.
There is no change in the network actually, a MN is simply a node with an extra few jobs it can do. if ten people are running normal nodes..how does adding an extra MN flag to those nodes ruin the decentralization? True IX can do with an over-haul, and we can throw DS in the trash.
Masternodes have created a window through which we can allow limited and monitored cross chain communication there by opening us to new and far reaching innovations, it is simply a major breakthrough. Imagine, cross chain reinforcement, atomic trades, contracts and more.
Each chain's master nodes have their internal purposes, in my case they are called Bank nodes, insurance nodes or escrow nodes depending on what extra flag will be enabled and what new code this activates.
Take a look at my use case fro cross chain event/outputs tracking:-
Say you want a loan of 100K BCR and meet all the requirements, the Bank node owner and the internal system however stipulate that you offer collateral or ask for more proof of your solvency. You can then send a message to the BN signed with your VIA address, the BN then contacts MNs from the VIA network and using it's local copy of the VIA blockchain, calculates your trust rating and credit score based on similar metrics used on the BCR chain.
Now the chain agrees you can be trusted and ups your rating, poof, you have your loan! Or it can require you deposit some VIA into insurance node as collateral and again , you have your loan.
Essentially, we will be building apps on top of the normal client software that will govern new types of behavior on the network, and this behavior can use data or resources of multiple chains. In my case , i have already finished a rudimentary credit calculator, the internal messaging is glitchy but once it is operational, it will allow secure communication between all types of nodes, and by using special formats for messages, we can even automate some of the functions.
Imagine the use cases each individual (real) developer can come up with and the sheer scalability of such simple yet powerful tools. Using filtered messaging and monetizing multi-chain support, we can say that if BCR , DGC, STK and VIA have 10 nodes respectively, and three on each are fully active MNs then each network will show a total of 19 nodes!!!! Apart form the great advantages of security, we can also relay transactions faster and further that we have been doing all along.
Each coin that joins only adds a small bit to the overall resource footprint, but brings in a ton of advantages. Monetizing this incentivizes users to build a larger , stronger more resilient network and (with extra work) we can being chain tethering of transactions. (meaning, that with the right signatures, even IX will be slower than our transactions)
So much potential for growth. The first step, is agreeing to cooperate.
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