Masternodes are awesome!
For instance, Bitcoin has been debating for over 3 years about how to scale and it has caused multiple forks and lots of stress,
DASH, the original masternode coin, had a vote and raised blocksize to 2MB, boom, done.
Understanding the Governance and Budget System
https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOC/pages/8585240/Understanding+the+Governance+and+Budget+SystemDASH is really expensive to own a masternode now, it costs 1 million dollars to own one now.
If your interested in a newer masternode coin, you should check out BiblePay!
Was just launched July 23rd
BiblePay (BBP)- 10% mined coins always go to Charity (already sponsoring 180+ Orphans monthly)
- ASIC-Resistant like Vertcoin/Groestlcoin (CPU Mining Only)
- fork of DASH (Masternode Governance Model, Budget Proposals & Voting)
- POBh Proof of BibleHash, All Nodes are Full Nodes
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2388064.0