No one knows how much ZEN a secure node will make in a day.
Keep in mind most nodes won't qualify for secure node status. You actually have to do things to get approved. You can read this in the whitepaper.
https://zencash.io/assets/Zen%20White%20Paper.pdfThe secure nodes receive 3.5% of the rewards.
1440 minutes per day
Blocks average every 2.5 minutes.
Means 576 blocks per day * 12.5 Zen per block = 7,200 ZEN created per day
The secure node reward is 3.5% of that 7200 ZEN per day. So on average, 252 ZEN will be divided up per day among ALL secure nodes.
When you say "won't qualify", below's the list of secure node requirements taken from the whitepaper. I guess I'm wondering what items below would be difficult to achieve, compared to say running a Dash masternode? If I have a computer running at 100% uptime with 16GB of RAM, is there anything else special that my system would need to have to qualify as a secure node, based upon the items below? Also, what if somebody wanted to run 10 secure nodes. What would be the recommendations for running multiple secure nodes? A VPS?
Basic infrastructure functions performed by Secure Nodes:
(a) Ensure all network communications are encrypted between nodes.
(b) Maintain full Zen blockchain.
(c) Provide certificate-based encryption connections for ZenCash wallet applications.
2. Secure Nodes meeting the requirements outlined below receive 3.5% of block coinbase
reward in a way that rewards uptime at full functionality:
(a) Operate node software on a capable system as specified by infrastructure requirements.
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• Recommended memory is more than 4 GB.
(b) Maintain entire ZenCash blockchain on the system.
(c) Provide a valid SSL certificate to the ZenCash Node software to use for communicating
with other nodes and wallets.
(d) Keep at least 42 ZenCash on the server in a t address for staking.
(e) Monitor the SecureNode channel for challenge messages from SecureNodeHQ
approximately every 10 minutes (in a z transaction message field).
(f) Respond to challenge with identifying information of the Secure Node.
(g) Challenge response will be a combination of two things:
i. Send a shielded message to SecureNodeHQ containing public t address and
GNUnet document location in message field.
ii. Publish a document to GNUnet signed with private t address including:
A. Public t address of staking Zen, which will also be used for reward
payment.
B. SSL certificate and IP address.
C. Block header from blockchain.
D. Other information that may be necessary to make sure it is a unique
server.
(h) Each Zen Secure Node must also be a peer on the GNUnet systems to publish
the challenge response anonymously and support the anonymous publications
from other elements of the system.
(i) Other potential requirements that may come up in future to allow ZenCash
system to use the Secure Nodes for consensus and computing power.
