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Node tiers

1. Iridium node
Virtual node to rent out TFD as a licence rental. An automatic script will rent out the TFD (as software licence) to Customers which want to use TE-FOOD but don’t hold TFD. Iridium node operators won’t maintain a masternode, thus providing computation power.

A part of the Customers’ transaction cost goes to the node owner as software licence rental fee.

2. Steel node
Masternode, providing low capacity computation power. The computation power is used to run TE-FOOD’s interface to send/request traceability data to/from TE-FOOD’s own blockchain, or a third-party blockchain.

A part of the Customers’ interface transaction cost goes to the masternode owner for running the service.

3. Platinum node
Masternode, providing medium capacity computation power. The computation power is used to verify and store transactions on TE-FOOD’s blockchain, and to run TE-FOOD’s interface to send/request traceability data to/from TE-FOOD’s own blockchain, or a third-party blockchain.

A part of the Customers’ traceability transaction and interface transaction cost goes to the masternode owner for running the service.

4. Titanium node
Masternode, providing high capacity computation power. The computation power is used to run complementary services of the ecosystem used by Customers, verify and store transactions on TE-FOOD’s blockchain, and to run TE-FOOD’s interface to send/request traceability data to/from TE-FOOD’s own blockchain, or a third-party blockchain.

A part of the Customers’ traceability transaction and interface transaction cost goes to the masternode owner for running the service.

To run a node, operators are required to possess a certain amount of TFD as software licence:

Iridium — 20 000 TFD
Steel — 60 000 TFD
Platinum — 120 000 TFD
Titanium — 350 000 TFD

The configuration requirements of the tiers will be defined later, but they will be aligned to the common tier offerings of VPS providers.