BitcoinSandiego,

I see what you are saying as to integrating more of these concepts into another tier of the network, this is what trust keys are beginning, which will be held to their own rules. Essentially my problem with master nodes is that they are established by a holding of the asset, which is beneficial to those that can afford, but I like using the concept of time is more valuable in trust than monetary influence, which is why I'm building the next tier with trust keys. I am planning on giving special trust based rules to miners as well to award the miners that work on the blockchain more consistently than others.