Quote from: UTN Vlog on June 18, 2018, 12:19:57 PM

Quote from: Thadeous on June 18, 2018, 10:26:55 AM

Quote from: Hati on June 15, 2018, 11:03:13 PM

Take a close look at Universa medium post regarding their important update for the UTN Smart Contract, Token Distribution and Future Swapping of Tokens:

https://medium.com/@universa_blockchain/important-update-on-the-utn-smart-contract-token-distribution-and-future-swapping-of-tokens-dd3a1f4bb8df

Sounds very interesting, I wonder are there any plans for Masternodes by Universa?
If yes, what will be MN conditions and how many tokens required to host the MN.

Universa, as other Proof of Stake/State coins have master nodes that secure the network by staking coins. With Universa this means you have to stake 1 million UTN (1.000.000 UTN) in order to start a master node. Next to that, information has been given out on the technical specifications of running the master node and, unfortunately, this can't run on your calculator or Raspberry Pi.

The masternode requires 16 cores and 32GB accompanied by a 256 GB SSD. Whether it are 16 cores or 16 threads (8 physical cores and 16 threads through hyperthreading) is not yet known.

This means the initial investment for running a masternode is quite steep as 16 core CPU's can't be bought at the local supermarket. In order to get this running you have three options:

1.Renting a dedicated server at Amazon AWS, Google Cloud or Azure or similar.

2.Building your own system/server/rig and keep it turned on 24/7 in your house.

3.Building your own system/server and co-locating it in a data center.

Sources: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@draiden/universa-blockchain-worth-investing-in-the-next-ethereum-2

NB : As this source is already 7 months old, you should go on the UNIVERSA:_nodes TELEGRAM Channel to make sure it's still update.

Thank you for this comprehensive response.

They call it - equal right Node, not Masternode.

Here an article I got from Universa telegram channels.
https://kb.universa.io/node_owner_central/31
Also there is Russian channel dedicated to Universa Nodes: https://t.me/uNodeRU