Quote from: luchins on May 16, 2020, 11:25:19 AM

Quote from: nightflightcourt on March 15, 2020, 10:24:20 PM

XSN's solution is capable of effectively solving the Lightning Network's current liquidity problems

How? With Masternodes? But they are centralized.. masternodes make the coin centralized

Masternodes are but one component of Stakenet's ecosystem - a hybrid staking/MN network where block reward payout is split 45/45/10 between staking rewards (consensus), MN rewards (2nd layer), and a treasury, respectively.
This 45/45/10 split ensures a balance of representation between the MNs and the staking network by making over-representation of one over another increasingly unprofitable. There can only be so many masternodes running before the incentive to stake and pay less in operational costs becomes the better option and vice-versa.

The treasury proposes development strategies and a budget. The masternode owners pay more in operational costs with the intent to offer higher-end services and use-cases. They vote on whether or not to pass the dev budget. Whether it passes or it doesn't, the staking network is the backbone that proves the worth of all efforts involved. If the staking network gets burned, it falls back on the masternodes and the treasury. If the treasury became corrupt and started proposing terrible budgets, the masternode network could vote them down. If the masternode network became corrupt and someone gained absolute authority on the treasury budget, the treasury could simply stop proposing budgets and members of the staking network could use their leverage to briefly increase MN representation for slightly lower profits - forcing the attacker to buy up increasingly unprofitable amounts of the supply at increasingly higher premiums - all to maintain majority control of one component in an ecosystem too decentralized for it to matter. To truly hijack Stakenet, you would have to corrupt all 3 of these pillars or the efforts involved would only blow up on whoever attempted a takeover and create a massive buying opportunity for everyone else. It'd be quite costly and bear no incentive to take either masternode or staking network representation beyond 45%.

Anyone can theoretically purchase 15k XSN right now, create a masternode, and host it however they'd like to. There are ways to run multiple masternodes for under $1/day.