I dont think that’s a good idea for two reasons
- The goal of pocket is decentralization. Decentralizing pocket nodes means nothing if they all point to the same relay endpoint. Might as well point them to infura at that point. Gravitating people to this pocket “nexus” would lead to centralization on or around that data center which lowers network resiliency.
- Someone, say PNI, would have to guarantee ETH node uptime to all the small stakers, which is financial risk i’m not sure I’d want to take in PNI’s role
I’d say let the free market decide where nodes get created - if POKT puts the incentives in a way that incentivizes smaller stakers ( which the 1% block proposer reward does ), this will make small operations competitive enough to decentralize the network.
It’s the old debate of more hashpower through ASICs or more decentralization through ASIC resistance.
Since POKTs unique selling proposition IS decentralization, compromising it in any way will reduce its appeal