The people who
run nodes want to be paid in «Ether» (the name of the magic internet money that Ethereum uses, in contrast to bitcoins) to execute the functions you want to run.
Not exact matches
Change the commission, exchanges and price tickers on the fly and choose whether you
want to
run a full
node bitcoin wallet or use a hosted one.
For instance, if you
run a full
node (or
want to start), which fork of the blockchain you choose to
run would help to strengthen that fork and solidify it's place as the dominant blockchain.
Do you
want a log - manager to monitor all your
running nodes?
Users would still be able to
run full
nodes if they
want to.
If you
want to accept 148 BTC regardless, you need to
run a BIP 148 full
node as a wallet.
And users who don't
want to use Segregated Witness because of the increased cost of
running a full
node, don't have to.
The Classic team is more willing to increase the system resource requirements for operating a full
node, while the Core team
wants to keep the barriers to
running a full
node as low as possible.
This process is ultimately democratic, as anyone can
run any
node implementation they
want if they have a PC and an internet connection, so the consensus that gains majority is ultimately supported by the majority of the Bitcoin community (at least those
running full
nodes.)
Key Highlights: • Facilitated multi-location
WAN of 15,000 +
node network consisting of over 800 servers
running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server, and 2003 Server.