Just popping in quickly, can anyone tell me if there is a masternode payment for each block or if, for some reason, only some of the blocks give masternode payments? It makes a huge difference in the amount we can predict on getting paid.
I was about to answer this when I realized there is a detail I am not aware of: If no darksend occurs in the span of a given block, is there a payout? Does a masternnode have to perform a service to get it's share? If there is in fact no service performed, why would it still get paid?
It gets paid because it is available to serve.