as written also in the ethereum-research channel
as i understood it right, any of us could propose with an
eip to incentivise node-runners more active,
as somebody is worried about the quality of diversity in nodes
he would invest into a smart contract
dealing exactly this question-
something like “as you want to be rewarded for running your node,
subscribe your node here, with an ethereum-account for your reward”-
then the contract could “look” over all active nodes,
like
node is alive since (14-7-2days), score1
connections acceptance rate (10-20-100),score2
peering speed (kb, MB, GB), score3
reliance (just 4 hours per day, 8 hours, 24/7, 99,99%),score4
as there is no real time monitor for the “distribution level” of the chain,
we could work it out with dedicated submission to a certain “reward”-contract (s.a.) first,
and if it works like intended
to “scaled-up” this certain idea,
which is possible and easier to realize with code-
why overfreighting the etherum-protocoll itself, when information about
the peering node is continouusly given to peering “partners” by standards.
The ethereum protocoll standard defines some of the above mentioned “measure mechanisms”-
why not working with existing structures and information using the smartest techniques with smart contracts-
because if there is such a need like most of us describe, that we like fast peering,
fast “delivering” nodes- the smart contract will be subscribed (and paid) -
to avoid “fraud” in any way there could “put” be a kind of “randomization” into
payout-mechanism-
whereas i am not a coder but very experienced in running “sync” nodes with parity
as proven sometime with posting a picture to some people or into https://github.com/roninkaizen/recipes
there is a strong “wish” for transparency on rewarding, if there is a “real” need for it.
To be honest, it would be fine to get sort of “rewarded” for what people like me do-
the idea behind decentralization and scalability with ethereum is to
spread and interact with a certain “system”.
as we concentrate ourselfes in understanding decentralized networks it is about us to find
stable solutions to be defined by smart people.