The storage nodes will all tie into DarkPP , hosting a sort of tor like network, hosted completely on these storage nodes of vanilla coin.
They will likely have special functions, not just relaying and retaining transactions but all sorts of information , websites and the likes. i would assume they wouldn't have any special privileges as such , Most likely nodes hosting information are likely to be unable to know what information it is exactly they are transmitting (this is for security reasons and safety) having all information sent across the nodes being encrypted.
Thanks for shedding light on this!
Although now I'm again somewhat lost on why full nodes that do
retain transactions in mempool and database need to depend
on these storage nodes, since the global tx pool was supposed to
do away with forking and double spend issues.
Personally I find a system with nodes that have special statuses (like masternodes)
a little lacking in aesthetics since decentralization to me implies an
equality of sorts among nodes. But if the barrier for entry/exit to
a special status is very low, then that is not a big deal... like in
Millenniumcoin, where you just announce your intention to become
a special node (not shilling here... just mentioning for illustration)
Furthermore, I strongly feel that the storage nodes ought to have either
privileges or some other incentives. In the case of Tor, there is a continuous
dearth of relaying nodes, which leads to a serious vulnerabilities, and this is
because (sadly!) there are too few people who are ready to share out their
resources for purely idealistic reasons. I don't think for a second that
this could work in crypto, so some rewards are needed.
