"When it's open, you assist the network."
I just set up the app 1 week ago and reinstalled it again yesterday, but this time correctly. That's why I'm asking you, "how does anyones personal computer help assist the network by running the app ?"
How does that work ?
For one, you add to the list of clients that provide confirmations to the network.
I have also been told that fees are distributed to open clients, but I've never seen a fee deposit in my client.
I keep mine open 24/7. It doesn't eat up too much system resources. If it does, maybe you need more RAM.
I don't believe clients get fees from transactions...you might be thinking of a seed node. That's a client on a computer somewhere that has its port 52333 open on the firewall so it can accept incoming connections. There's a maintenance bounty of 0.2 shares/mo if you run one....could that be what you mean?