how do I check the orphan rate of a master node? (running just bitcoin2d )
I've got my masternode running but I think I get too few rewards. I'm getting about 2 per hour, whereas with the current number of masternodes (15) I should be getting about 4 per hour. May I be getting that many orphans? THe node is running on amazon AWS so should be well connected. The number of connections is over 30.
Orphans are created by staking and would not affect Masternode rewards because even if a block with your Masternode reward gets orphaned, the substituting block would still have to include your reward. You would see the orphans on your laptop in red color.
Less than 60 blocks are created averagely per hour.. Perhaps more like 55 - 59.
Masternodes get rewarded in a queue-like system. Usually two rewards consecutively. So you get the rewards from two blocks at at time (0.2 BTC2 each), perhaps that confused you?
You can monitor the queue by typing getmasternodewinners to the debug console. If you still think it's not going right, tell us your Masternode 's public address here or by PM and we will investigate further.
Make sure not to "start" the masternode once it is enabled already as that would make it be ineligible to be rewarded for over 45 minutes.