I've rethunked my initial statement about the new mns requiring more 8bit to run than 112 (which is current amount). I have to say I kind of dig having a lot of mns running at once it makes things interesting... how many will each mn require in new release? If it goes up to 1000 or something I only can run 1 :-S also, Will new 8bitd require 500 mb RAM still :-) ? That would be cool because I'm overflowing with it at this point.
This is still open question (current proposal of collateral is 1024 coins). There are two concurrent objectives:
- security: cheap masternode means people will not stake what introduces a security issue for the network
- fair distribution: expensive masternodes means only small group of people will collect great rewards
However, it can be also balanced using block reward and MN/stake reward ratio (block reward - current proposal 1 coin [current value: 1.2], MN reward - 0.80 [current value: 0.88]). As we can see, inflation will be slightly reduced, though MN will be still much more profitable than staking. This effect is currently mitigated because of no MN payment enforcement, however, with a new code base those payments will be enforced and MN profitability will be stunning. What is not cool from network security perspective. Therefore - I keep this topic open and and I am looking forward for your (not only r8st) feedback.