First time I heard about it.
So let's say I buy 10,001 XEM's.
Then I need to put them into Vested balance mode right?
So my XEM's wont be available any more ? they're like in a "loan" status?If you can give me some examples/calculations that will be great, so I can jump right on it
Nope, you can still spend them if you like but your vested balance decreases along with your importance. Your wallet balance becomes vested balance slowly overtime but it is not removed from your wallet.
So all I need is to keep 10,001 XEM's in my wallet, convert to vested and it's all automatic right? I don't need to do any thing else besides keeping it on my wallet, closing it and open it in 2020?
Yes. A delegate node ( "Delegate Harvesting") is doing the work for you. and you are not losing the only control over your funds. But check from time to time if the delegated node which is doing the work for you is still active. There is a NEM-Bot called "NemNotifications" on Telegram where you can get alerts when your dlegated node is down or when you harvested a new block.
I see. very very interesting. not sure how I've missed that.
So in which wallets can I set/keeping it up? (Or only the one from the guide).
What if I hold 50K coins instead of 10K, is that gives any advantage (besides the fact it is x5 more) ?
Why the node can go down? is there a way to automatically activate it if it goes down?
Can you give some idea about the calculations?
http://samesake.com/xem/harvesting-calculator/So if I setup a a harvest node now with 10001 coins. what would be my vested balance?
If you got some results from your experience that will be awesome!
https://www.nem.io/install.html These are the possible Wallets. I use Nano. It is safe and easy to use. massive easy-to-use features included like namespaces, multi-sig etc. . The fees for these will be lowered within the next few weeks up to factor 20.
The probability to harvest a block is based on your vested amount and "activity" - means amount of transactions you are producing. The more of it, the higher your Proof-of-Importance-Score = the higher your chance to create the new block and get the included fees in it ( 1 Block each minute). You can not automatically reactivate the delegate node, as it is only a delegate node. So it is not your node. But remember, this delegate node has no access to your funds. You let it only know your Proof-of-Importance score, for the Block-competition.
The calculation show you the amount of days you need to wait until you reach the "vested amount". This is because, once you transfered lets say 10.000k to your Wallet, the software will vest 10% of it each day. That is how you gonna reach your vested amount. After you got at least 10.000 Xem vested, you can start activating "delegate harvesting" in the NanoWallet. Don't forget, your computer doesn't need to be on in order to be able to harvest. All happens in the background.