Quote from: coins101 on July 13, 2014, 07:27:46 PM

Quote from: eltito on July 13, 2014, 07:13:40 PM

I think it's rather short sighted to be viewing DRK as the money making venture in and of itself. The real money will be made in cottage industries surrounding DRK, which nobody here ever seems to talk about. I mean, if someone came up with a secure way to pool resources for a MN, for example, I'd be willing to pay that person a fair fee to use his or her services.

Regarding Masternode fees: miners are mining coins which are so sought after precisely because of the Masternode network and the functionality that it brings to Darkcoin vs. our competition. In large part, Darkcoin is what it is precisely because of the anonymization system Evan has built, and the Masternode network is the linchpin of that system. It's rather silly to complain about supporting the very system that makes the coin you are mining unique and valuable, is it not?

And while we're on the subject, who ever said that Masternodes are the only way you'll be able to earn a proof of service return on DRK?

I think we covered most of that. Someone suggested memes only if you want to make those points again. Grin

Seriously, I do think, in a rather 'out there way', that MNs could be packaged up and floated on the NASDAQ at some point.

El Presidente pointed out that MN wallets can get earned coins sent to a second address. Multi-sig would mean that MNs could be put into a contractual relationship with a third party and these two aspects could keep the MN owners anonymous therefore not compromising the decentralised nature of the network.

The only missing part is how to contractually get MN owners to assign their MNs to a corporation, while maintaining them, without having to tell the corporation who they are. Multi-sig solves one aspect of controlling the money moving out without dual consent, but the corporation might have to have some form of lease agreement.

People cried BS about mining being a money hose, then GPUs, then FPGAs, and as their money hoses disappeared, they all whined the same song...

We'll go through the same thing with a new block proof process added in parallel with mining... The welfare junkies always lash out at the hand that feeds them... Too stupid to understand where their free ride is coming from.

I'm not calling all miners welfare junkies. Only the ones who don't understand it and make idiotic rants like shojay... If a miner is in any way invested in hardware, he better damn well be smart enough to see reality. If not, fuck 'em; just like everything else in the free market with no hand-holding sissy bullshit.

"It's not fair!" The losers whine...

Oh, yes it is! Nothing has ever been more fair than getting fucked for being a lazy dumbass.

DRK wouldn't be worth mining at all without the masternodes... Duh.