Now just think of it this way, DEX's are the future, NIX will work to implement with all those DEX's, so it is very possible for some of your top exchanges to be a DEX. Change the market penetration from 0.5% to 10%, and a node is now making $5,592 a day. This is all with crypto still having ~$17B daily volume, if volume doubles over 2 years that's putting a node closer to $11,184 per day.
This is just showing my theoretical min/max situations in 2 years, and only with the DEX manager DAPP. This isn't including their ideas for SCM, or other DAPPS made by others.
IMO NIX will be huge, just on the node side. Add in the ability to privatize any chain, the private smart contracts, DEX manager, and other possibilities, and well, I have a hard time fathoming it. This very well could be the coin that rids us of a majority of others, as they won't have points anymore unless they evolve as well. This is helping BTC stay king, by bringing everything other chains offer to it and linking them all.
Yes, these scenarios have been playing out on paper here, as well. This revelation has been smacking my conscience all day - every day since APR 30. We are headed into the privacy era armed with a new tool that can finally tear down borders and unite humanity for once. Power to the people. Godspeed, Nix team.