Quote from: torrentco on July 01, 2017, 08:58:54 AM

how profitable is being a masternode?

In the moment not really.

You can check here, what you can earn on average per 1000 WAVES: http://dev.pywaves.org/generators/. Interesting is the value in the bottom right corner. Currently the average revenue per 1000 WAVES per day is 2616.95 Satoshi. If you convert this to WAVES, it's 0.0167 WAVES. Per month about 0.5 WAVES per 1000 WAVES = 0,05%. If you have got 10,000 WAVES you will earn 5 WAVES. Not a very good ROI

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It becomes even worse, if you don't own the 10,000 WAVES yourself, but some are leased to you. In this case you have to pay a share of the earned fees to the lessors.

So, why should one currently run a node? We do this, because we believe in WAVES and want to help the community. Additionally, we have got an IT background and are interested in how everything works.

If you are interested in leasing your WAVES and earn some WAVES/MRT without any efforts, I would be happy, if you leased them to us. Currently we offer 120% of all earned WAVES and 100% of all earned MRT. Please check here for details: WavesMine.com.