I'm looking at my wallet now, and it appears that the rewards are sent to the same address that contains the masternode's "stake" 1000 CHC.
First question answered. Even though that makes no sense. Have you ever withdrawn the rewards? How does that work without touching the
initial 1000 CHC? I mean, this coin should work like Bitcoin with inputs and outputs...
To answer this, you need to understand how wallets can "lock" amounts. This is handled differently on masternodes versus the Chaincoin-QT UI. For Masternodes on say linux, there are commands to lock and unlock amounts. On Chaincoin-QT, when you go to the [Send] tab (with Coin Control Features enabled), you'll see a button [Inputs...] which will let you choose individual amounts with a checkbox. By using this feature you can avoid digging into the original stake, and send out only reward earnings.
Thanks, now I understand. Coin control feature is great, haven't downloaded the Windows GUI, so I wasn't aware of that.
However, I'm thinking about running a Linux Masternode. Where can I find informations about locking the initial amount under Linux?