Is it my imagination, or is there in fact somewhere online a post which appears legitimately to be from an XSN dev, in which said Dev questioned the current validity and future sustainability of the 'masternode' concept? I don't think I dreamt it, and if I did I'm not convinced that dream was ill-considered. I've tried and tried to find it to no avail - can anyone point me in the direction of such a post, or should I call the men in white coats?
Hate to say it but think you must be confused with another project. Masternodes have and always will be a very important part of everything we do as they will be hosting all the services that run on the network. We know that MN’s have had a bad rep in the past as it seems that nobody actually does anything with them which we find absolutely crazy as they are the perfect platform to build a robust decentralized network on with plenty of opportunity and incentive for the people running them.
For example our new Lightning DEX is the first dApp we have built and when offloaded to the MN network will allow those MN’s that choose to run it to be rewarded by collecting 90% of the trading fees. The remaining 10% is converted into XSN and burnt to reduce supply. Back to the MN’s though we believe this will give people plenty of incentive to run these “DEX Hubs” on their MN which in turn will ensure that the DEX is always be up and running and filled with liquidity and in turn making a much better experience for the end user who just wants to do some trading.
Hope that answers your question.