Re: [ANN] XtraBYtes - The Proof of Signature Blockchain Revolution
Theres currently 429 nodes according to the static list
http://borzalom.hu/static-list.html
There was talk about doing a sort of "raffle" to decide who gets the remaining nodes, it was mentioned about them being more expensive than the initial 500k because the original people placed more faith in the project in the early days and people joining now know more than the original node buyers did.
After this, there has been talk of having tier 2 nodes, these would undoubtedly be cheaper nodes, however they would have less consensus power, and reduced fee payment percentages.
Nodes will be sellable eventually on the new core wallet. So any of the 512 owners could put their node up for sale (probably for a bit more than market price), and anyone with the required XBY can purchase whatever is available. 
hmm, so unfortunately it sounds that it is better not to buy more for starting a node, because it is not clear if I can be one of the 512.
Right?
That is really bad I have to say!
Congratulation to everybody who are invested from the beginning, but this guys still have a big benefit only because of the big price increase!
I am always very careful with projects who benefits the first investors in such a way.
I am sorry, but this sounds very dubious for me and back off people like me who will invest a lot of money!
Why not having much more nodes, if the price increase there will be enough money for everybody who has a node!
I am also invested in NEM and everybody can have a node, there is no limitation.
Have much more nodes is also better for a stable network, I really don't understand the sense of this plan except of making rich people richer!
I am not exactly sure what you are trying to say. Anyone with enough XBY will be given the chance to buy a tier 1 node, as some node owners will want to break their nodes to sell the 500k they used to create it. The broken nodes get replaced with new ones in a raffle system to keep the process fair (you get your XBY back if you do not win). Or you could buy one directly through the wallet from a node owner. And then there will be different tiered nodes that will be available.
I am just saying that it is not for sure to start a node even if you buy a lot of XBY!
Only having a chance to buy a node sounds like lottery to me, or I am wrong ?
Or you could buy one directly through the wallet from a node owner
Why should somebody sell his high requestet node that brings you lot of money?
Nobody would do that! Or you would do that only for a very high price!
And then there will be different tiered nodes that will be available.
Sorry, but this sounds not fair to me! Early investors still getting too much benefits!
And again, why not having equal nodes for everybody like in the NEM blockchain?
I will try to help out here also...
First, the link you are using for STaTiC list was stopped after the 50K block and it shows 492, not 429 STaTiCs. However, this is no long accurate and you can see the accurate count at this URL: http://borzalom.hu/static-list-updated.html
The original STaTiC deposit amount was decided by the Community and there is nothing unfair about this. The people who recognized there was something special here had the vision to invest their money into the future of something they decided to believe in. We heavily and I mean HEAVILY promoted this opportunity on both the exchanges we were on at the time and also here on the forum and also on Slack. There was nothing secretive about this opportunity to set up a STaTiC node.
In the future, another opportunity to make XBY deposits on smaller sized nodes will come and this has been revealed so that future investors can prepare themselves by buying up XBY in the dips with the amount of funds they have available. Again, nothing unfair about this and in fact this is done in the interest of fairness.
We also will be putting some opportunities in place to give others the liberty or chance to own the broken or additional Level 1 STaTiC nodes that will bring the total to 512. How we do this has not yet been decided, but we will do this in the most fair way possible and in a way that ensures further decentralization and this will be decided by vote once we are ready to move forward.
As far as unlimited nodes goes, this is not something that we can offer because we do not have unlimited coins.
The reason why the required deposit of 500k XBY was needed is for the TRUST factor. Having thousands or millions of little nodes that are easily broken and replaced does not create TRUST. XtraBYtes is a new technology in development and therefore we ask that people not compare how we do things to how other coins do things. What may work for them may not work for us and until the full tech has been revealed, it will not be possible to make any sort of comparisons.
Thank you for understanding and we look forward to seeing you as part of the XtraBYtes Community Corporation