Is there anyone running the node on windows server? Is it possible at all? Is there are any manuals on how to do so (which wallet or its elements should be installed and running)?
I do not have information that someone succeed to run Secure Node on windows machine without using VPM, if such tutorial appears i will be glad to post it here Secure Node Criteria Each of the following criteria must be met and maintained for a Secure Node to be eligible to recieve a share of the reward pool.These items may be added to or modified at any time.
Must maintain a balance of at least 42 ZEN in a 'stake' transparent address Must maintain a minimum balance of .001 ZEN in a private address on the node for challenges Must be available with minimal exception time for at least 92% of an earning period (appox. 1 day) Must perform a challenge in under 300 seconds Allow 8 or more peers by allowing public connections on the configured zen port (default 9033) Must maintain a valid public SSL cert properly configured for zen Must not fall behind the current block height by more than 4 blocks Must update to current versions of the zen and/or tracker software within the posted time frame Note: only one public Ip address is allowed per node (IPv4 or IPv6).