Master nodes should be exactly that, individuals with large holdings locking their funds away and being rewarded for their sacrifice, we don't need 500 master-nodes on the network, we need enough to ensure that no one multi-node bag holder can have a monopoly over all others for any significant sequence of blocks. If you don't have enough for a master-node then just stake your coins, if you do have enough then either hold and sell when the price is right or lock them away for a monthly return.

I voted for 10k in the poll which is wayy more then I own - i'm never going to run a master node - I am going to stake when ever I have the opportunity and be grateful for the income.

Running a master node should not be the defacto node type on the network, hundreds of active stakers should be imo

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