This system of a max of 1440 spreadnodes may very well change by the time they go active, but I would still recommend a couple thousand spr just to be safe.
I want to implement a dynamic amount of max servicenodes that will slowly increase over time.
This is an idea I had 1 month ago
(as a response to a discussion I had on spreadcointalk with MyFarm):(Attention: the numbers mentioned are also 1 month old)
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Originally Mr. Spread only wanted to use a max of 1000 MNs.
1440 max MNs was based around an idea I had that this way every MN would on average receive 1 payment a day.
I believe that having twice that (2880) will not solve the problem you describe (the problem of "how will newcomers be able to afford a masternode later in time"),
but only postpone the problem so it will come back and bite us later.
I always advocated for a flexible amount of MNs.
A limit yes, but a flexible one, that increases slowly over time.
This way it gets to act like a limit (that creates competition thru scarcity, and enables price discovery), but it will also have the flexibility to adjust for a large growth of SPR price and what an MN will cost.
I advocate for tying the max amount of MNs to the coinsupply:Max MN = (total coinsupply)/ 1000.or maybe divide them even further.
Max MN = (total coinsupply)/ 1440.or
Max MN = (total coinsupply)/ 2880.So today (with 1.865 Million coins) this would mean
1865 possible MNs, or
1294, or
647 possible MNs. (total coinsupply divided by 1000, 1440 and 2880)
This is not a fix limit, but a moving target, so let's look how this will change over time:
In 6 Months it will probably be
5000 MNs (or
3472, or
1736 MNs)....
We follow Bitcoins increase in coinsupply curve more or less.
So in about 6 years, we will have 13.85 Million coins.
How many MNs should we have in 6 years?
Based on my three suggestions, it would be
13850, or
9618, or
4809 MNs.
And what does that mean for eternity?
We will have
21000, or
14584 or
7292 MNs.