Quote from: abtus on August 07, 2014, 08:35:09 PM

Quote from: CJYP on August 07, 2014, 06:43:01 PM

Quote from: abtus on August 07, 2014, 01:34:15 PM

Actually you can receive an indirect income by providing alternate services to Bitcoin network.
Check https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=726826.msg8214655#msg8214655.
This week will be more information about how the node works and potential additional services.

The basic Coinjoin service doesn't require a large bandwidth connection, but if you connect the node to a good internet connection you can provide the blockchain network service and get additional income with a better ROI than a GPU rig miner. You will be able to pay the basic bills (host, internet access, etc) and get extra bitcoins to invest and consolidate the Bitcoin network service.

While I like the idea, this doesn't reward someone just for being a full node. They have to do something additional.

I understand your point of view and agree with you.
Let me use a simile:
Most large shopping centers (at least in south Florida) provide free parking for their customers. The parking lot space service is obviously not free and someone absorb the cost (usually ownership cost and maintenance community fees).
Change this traditional free parking in most shopping center and charge the customer is not a good idea (it will create additional problems in the future).
- One solution could be accept donations at the shopping center entrance (maybe with an amazing sign with a lovely speech suggesting a donation).
- Another solution could be an optional paid service like valet parking or premium parking slots, (equivalent to premium bandwidth to download and perform the blockchain operations). I'm confident that some bitcoin users will paid a reasonable fee to have access to faster full nodes.
- Another real solution is to offer other related paid services like rent electric chair or high capacity shopping carts, sell umbrellas when is raining, etc. (equivalent to perform the Coinjoin service). At the end you will have the blockchain in the Coinjoin processor and your node will be idle until the deterministic selection will activate your node to execute the coinjoin transaction.

I'm not advocating anything that would force anyone into paying for full nodes. But some people would like to donate to full node operators, and I would like it to be possible to do that with full faith that you are actually donating to a full node operator. It simply is not right now.
As for coinjoin nodes, that's a separate topic, and it may or may not be implemented (regardless of our advocating for or against it in this thread).