OK, so I have been thinking who I could get involved into hosting some nodes, and what it takes from them and me to make that happen. I’d like to make it as easy as possible for everybody, but also get some rewards if I manage to get more people having nodes online.
Yesterday I made my first ever update on Facebook about Autonomi. It got several likes, even though I didn’t even tag anyone, who I think might be especially interested. If you would like to read my update, the english translation is available here on this forum.
Based on my knowledge of my Facebook friends, I think that most of them would like to support the cause for empowering we the people against them the corporations. I also think that like 95% of them don’t use Discord and could possibly be repelled by the thought of getting some cryptocurrency in reward for running the node. (Just because cryptocurrency=the worst of humanity for most of them, and I can’t blame them for thinking that way.) So, for the most part the reason for them to run a node is because they want to participate to a positive collaborative initiative (Autonomi), and because of my reputation as a decent guy.
My fear is that if I would just present the whole package of node, rewards and Discord on them in the first contact, many of them would find it overwhelming, and/or find it uninteresting. But if I could start with the node only, and then introduce the rewards and Discord at a later date, it could be more smooth for everyone. And they would also like it. It is the idea of that all that may not be interesting, but once they are in the concrete action, they could even enjoy being part of Autonomi, getting rewards, and maybe even the community.
So I have a few questions:
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Can the folks start the nodes just like that, and only later sign up to a wave?
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Are the coins people earn going to be exchanged 1:1 to the actual network token when the network goes live? What if there is a need for a restart of the whole network?
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And what about those that earn test tokens without signing into Discord? Are their tokens going to have a value in the final network?
Now, after writing all this, I realize, that actually I need to inform my friends about the rewards from the beginning anyway. Because in case someone is interested, he or she might be quite angry for me not telling about it! This makes the question of exchanging the coins to the actual token even more relevant.
Paging @JimCollinson