On the 42 zen needed to run a secure node, has there been any thought on changing this number, and specifically why 42 was chosen in the first place?
It has been discussed before, but 42 is a very famous number... but beyond the cheekiness of it, 42 zen makes it reasonable for many people to setup a secure node. If you raise the number, then the costs become prohibitive as in the case of Dash nodes. If you lower it, then you dilute the pool of secure nodes making them less attractive. It's a little bit game-theory, and a little bit to promote decentralization.
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Reason being is that with the recent price jump, you now need about 1k in usd worth of zen to run a secure node, while before when zen was priced lower, you could get enough zen through about 300 usd worth of zen.
Valid point, but the number 42 for secure nodes has been published since Zencash went live. It's not fair to punish early adopters in my opinion.
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I suppose this rewards early movers who had zen before it was cool, but just wondering if the current plan is to keep the requirement at 42 zen, regardless of price movement. Assuming the price continues to trend upwards, it could be a barrier to more people running secure nodes (should you need more people to do so).
I don't think so. If it's profitable for people to stand up a secure node, then people will do so.
