Quote from: stenkross on January 18, 2017, 09:31:04 PM

Quote from: xrobesx on January 16, 2017, 03:33:08 AM

Important note for KMD voters

Pay attention to the Notary Node candidates subsidy percentage!

Notary Nodes are paid monthly. The rate is 500$ per month. This includes the mined KMD, so $500 minus (KMD mined x Marketprice) = BTC payment.

Notary Node operators can lower their subsidy to be paid less, as most servers with the required specs don't cost 500$ per month.

By doing so, Komodo will save BTC! This BTC can be used for marketing/promotion, future development, etc. for the Komodo Platform.

thanks, xrobesx

https://www.komodoelection.com/candidates/xrobesx/

Valid points!
Also having a lower subsidy will allow for more notary nodes being run in the region.
If average subsidy among those elected is 50% (or lower) in a region a whopping 16 nodes could become elected.
If it is 100%, only 8 nodes will be up and running.
Probably we will end up somewhere in between 8-16 in each region.

I would not advice looking solely on subsidy % though.
Being able to keep your node up to date consistently with mining, notarizing, ratifying and helping each other out is important too.
And sometimes a quality host comes with a cost, you decide what's important.

I also like xrobesx's perspective on the subsidy percentage. Although, you do make a very good counter point about having to pay up for a quality notary node operator. With that said though, I still think 75% or $375 should be ample payment for a quality node.

We're in the infancy stages though, so I'm sure it will all work itself out