Well its not absolutely necessary to be online 24/7. You will still get your rewards if you remain online for few hours but it will take longer to get your reward. Also you have to do something more than just sitting on your coins to get reward. I mean why even come online for a little time every 20 days, just get your rewards for creating a wallet. Current POS system is dumb, thats why i called it rent seeking as people aren't helping the network but keeping coins just to get free rewards.
I maintain three wallets that I take turns keeping up 24/7 I know there are several other community members that are keeping theirs up 24/7 as well.
24/7 wallet also.
Maybe we should ask the community who mints 24/7 ?
You can see who has minted during the last 24 hours by using the block explorer's network page. Comparing today's results with tomorrow's results should give a rough indication how many people are staking 24/7.
Here's today's results.
https://chainz.cryptoid.info/mint/#!network
Node List for MintCoin Wallet:0.7.2
Seen by explorer wallet in the last 24hours:
addnode=104.131.103.232
addnode=104.173.205.55
addnode=104.236.127.154
addnode=105.237.84.26
addnode=106.186.28.243
addnode=106.68.26.233
addnode=108.28.111.73
addnode=109.195.220.234
addnode=109.235.190.6
addnode=109.236.85.42
addnode=116.225.63.96
addnode=118.211.193.53
addnode=121.216.243.9
addnode=125.237.57.107
addnode=125.45.131.93
addnode=128.61.78.142
addnode=137.186.74.99
addnode=139.218.3.96
addnode=14.18.25.109
addnode=141.237.1.108
addnode=151.224.210.161
addnode=154.43.167.35
addnode=155.210.85.36
addnode=162.223.107.74
addnode=162.248.99.164
addnode=167.114.156.87
addnode=173.245.157.138
addnode=173.3.11.64
addnode=173.30.236.87
addnode=173.48.179.177
addnode=174.137.79.81
addnode=174.62.75.38
addnode=174.91.248.181
addnode=176.120.60.140
addnode=178.158.146.102
addnode=178.17.123.110
addnode=178.201.96.41
addnode=178.218.117.66
addnode=178.62.63.139
addnode=180.189.145.142
addnode=185.42.242.115
addnode=187.201.107.215
addnode=188.134.72.213
addnode=188.165.2.147
addnode=188.165.82.233
addnode=188.227.114.21
addnode=188.27.185.176
addnode=192.241.169.123
addnode=192.99.15.77
addnode=192.99.6.207
addnode=193.210.230.168
addnode=195.160.253.7
addnode=198.100.147.145
addnode=198.144.158.45
addnode=199.241.145.219
addnode=2.26.182.11
addnode=202.160.35.202
addnode=204.11.237.233
addnode=208.104.57.53
addnode=209.236.83.8
addnode=212.79.110.106
addnode=213.30.156.2
addnode=217.122.4.184
addnode=217.23.180.138
addnode=221.206.141.86
addnode=23.113.201.151
addnode=23.120.44.144
addnode=24.93.172.1
addnode=37.145.123.254
addnode=37.44.88.142
addnode=37.48.113.81
addnode=39.55.188.149
addnode=45.48.78.77
addnode=46.132.188.9
addnode=46.188.0.71
addnode=5.167.164.31
addnode=5.175.90.5
addnode=50.133.13.62
addnode=54.221.245.218
addnode=54.84.186.96
addnode=58.60.243.19
addnode=65.121.181.71
addnode=66.49.248.51
addnode=66.49.250.173
addnode=67.161.191.64
addnode=67.186.227.32
addnode=67.212.200.218
addnode=68.100.234.180
addnode=68.190.26.107
addnode=69.118.24.197
addnode=69.171.129.68
addnode=70.117.111.164
addnode=70.71.56.186
addnode=71.1.72.83
addnode=71.1.8.242
addnode=71.184.242.17
addnode=71.194.82.48
addnode=71.220.73.107
addnode=71.56.203.88
addnode=71.64.152.220
addnode=71.85.0.88
addnode=71.90.215.93
addnode=72.241.7.181
addnode=72.94.158.217
addnode=73.169.177.4
addnode=75.133.225.232
addnode=75.159.140.92
addnode=75.84.184.198
addnode=76.186.190.13
addnode=76.21.26.146
addnode=77.131.12.229
addnode=77.23.90.191
addnode=77.66.33.209
addnode=78.14.250.77
addnode=78.153.34.2
addnode=78.194.158.202
addnode=78.61.48.176
addnode=79.156.200.173
addnode=79.159.168.138
addnode=79.166.107.182
addnode=79.209.66.58
addnode=79.209.75.168
addnode=80.174.154.233
addnode=80.216.20.115
addnode=80.93.113.146
addnode=81.162.54.10
addnode=81.204.71.126
addnode=81.37.24.18
addnode=82.154.121.31
addnode=82.69.7.141
addnode=83.221.186.81
addnode=83.248.3.126
addnode=83.36.210.64
addnode=83.80.244.106
addnode=84.105.11.242
addnode=84.113.211.94
addnode=84.120.96.171
addnode=85.3.194.145
addnode=85.53.41.123
addnode=85.7.49.138
addnode=86.21.96.45
addnode=86.57.249.165
addnode=86.86.14.127
addnode=87.167.26.143
addnode=87.167.5.168
addnode=87.222.28.135
addnode=87.244.72.59
addnode=88.23.88.227
addnode=88.3.232.194
addnode=90.26.50.158
addnode=90.56.105.193
addnode=91.121.177.181
addnode=91.124.22.190
addnode=91.134.33.136
addnode=91.205.239.37
addnode=92.109.237.243
addnode=92.247.232.111
addnode=92.98.48.49
addnode=93.103.73.244
addnode=93.139.110.197
addnode=93.153.9.218
addnode=93.189.2.18
addnode=93.46.214.239
addnode=93.81.204.122
addnode=94.209.33.80
addnode=94.219.201.184
addnode=94.219.98.89
addnode=94.226.187.230
addnode=95.153.94.229
addnode=95.22.7.100
addnode=95.30.194.254
addnode=95.52.120.165
addnode=98.115.147.74
addnode=98.228.231.164
addnode=98.237.46.60
addnode=99.236.160.199
addnode=99.44.133.22
Node List for Mintcoin Wallet:1.05
Seen by explorer wallet in the last 24hours:
addnode=110.32.108.134
addnode=70.208.6.172