Quote from: Charles-Tim on October 22, 2021, 09:40:18 PM

Quote from: Cookdata on October 22, 2021, 09:22:44 PM

And in other to be a node, ones device must be up 24/7 with available internet and stable power, it doesn't appear to be like a mining but can be tasking to some that's why I want to know if there are more incentives I don't know.

No incentive paid to node operators, but many people are using a wallet that have the full blockchain and run the full node because they want to just run their own node for privacy reasons. So, no incentive but it is really worth it to make use of a wallet that runs a node (pruned or full blockchain wallet) than making use of an SPV wallet that depends on central servers which links IP addresses and bitcoin addresses together.

While there are no financial benefits explicitly paid to non-mining node operators, there are incentives received for running a node.

As you noted, node operators have additional privacy above what non-node operators have. Node operators receive the full value of censorship resistance that bitcoin offers, as SPV servers and other services that facilitate the broadcasting of transactions can trivially censor any transaction they want. You can also be certain that you are aware of any transaction received to an address, as SPV nodes and block explorers can trivially withhold this information.

All of the above give substantial value to node operators. While difficult to quantify and will vary from person to person, the value still very much exists.