Nice...just sent a triple match to ccex.

There was a pretty cool concept called "Proof of Activity" that - as far as I know - was never fully implemented. It was also the inspiration for some early Proof of Stake algorithms.

You can read the concept in this whitepaper. You can see that there are some well-known names of the cryptocurrency community involved (like Charlie Lee).

Basically, the algorithm selects randomly a satoshi from all satoshis that are spendable (contained in UTXOs) at a given time, and looks if the owner of the satoshi is currently online (he must solve a small task to prove that) - if not, then he is not rewarded. That's also why the algorithm was called "Follow the Satoshi". People that own more Bitcoins, in this concept, have more chances to get selected, so it's actually a "proof of activity/stake hybrid".

Another coin that rewarded full nodes was Timekoin, but it had a completely different algorithm than Bitcoin.

Trying to change my reward assignment/pool, and keep getting this:

This site can’t be reached

wallet.burst-team.us took too long to respond.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
Running Windows Network Diagnostics
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

Using the latest BURST Wallet v1.2.9 - will not allow me to change my reward assignment & therefore I can not mine..

Can I download the blockchain through the wallet again, or do I still need to download it from elsewhere?

 The fork may be resolved, but most of the pools are still down or mostly-down.