One Solaris masternode is worth about $20k, that is not cheap so that it is truly hard to own Solaris masternode. Additionally, the current percent of Solaris locked in masternodes is above 50%. That's good.  I think that the percent will increase very slowly, which in turn secure the current ROI for masternodes' owners for a long period of time. Meriting me if possible.
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No, you never lose your merit points, it is yours, and it wont change when you send sMerits to someone in the forum. Please remember that what you send is sendable Merits (sMerits), not Merits. Instead, when you receive some Merits from others, your sMerits also increase. That's the way merit system work.

However, personally the current approach of merit system has several setbacks and it really need to be adjusted a little bit in order to both keep the forum clean and as fair as possible for all ranks of members in the forum. If it helps and useful, please consider give me merits if you want ^^

You like it, partially because you have already been a legendary member. I agree that the forum should be cleaned up, but by using the merit system it is not a good option. There are lots of setbacks inside the current merit system.

Good posts might not be given a merit, instead average- or low-qualitied posts might receive merits. It is because that one is game of chance, game of luck, game of randomness. Your efforts need to have luckiness, chances, randomness from others to get merits. That's sound a little bit crazy.

In fact, as mentioned several times in previous threads. By sending sendable merits (sMerits) to others, you will lose only sMerits, which non-sense for yourself. It has no meaning in ranking your level up. Only Merits will help you to be upgraded to higher level. So feel free to send your sMerits to others for good posts. Additionally, when others send you Merits, your sMerits will increase too. Please give me merits if you think that my post is helpful. I almost upgraded to Member in the next few days, but now I have to collect 10 merits to reach the target. So sad. Thanks ^^

The matter is with merits, you have to totally depends upon others, on their generosity, their free time. That also requires lots of luck. I don't really think that the merit system, by which I mean the current one, will actually solve the problem in fairly way. hence, the merit system should be ajusted in some more appropriate approach.