hmmm, are the protocols the same? i haven' even looked at code in almost a month.... ouch! is services issue? will check tomorrow... to much processing to do...lol! server should be set back up in 24hrs or less... no more long blocks anyway after that... HEY bitcreditscc WHY DO WE PAY BANKNODES NOW?
? you asked why you sould pay them if they didn't have to hash anymore... but WHY AM I PAYING THEM now... what are they doing for me? i carride this network.... and wasn't compensated... you ran over my chain several hundred times, and i still helped... but you pay them out of every block why???
Banknodes are paid to incentivise users to acquire one for themselves, this is because the eventual ecosystem is one where those with a "stake" in it act as transaction processors, service providers and infrastructure anchors. As you know most coins have one of two problems, lack of nodes and/or slow syncing, which does not happen with BCR because these anchors are on fairly good hardware and have good bandwidth.
Eventually since users tend to prefer SPV wallets, the roles of the typical Banknode will expand, as such it is necessary to incentivize ownership of one. As a matter of perspective you can also look at them as a security measure , with increasing demands as the roles of the node expand.