Agreed. Last node runners community call discussed multi-region’s negative effect on independent node runners, and in prior node runner calls, the negative effect of multi-chain has been discussed in depth. Credit to @BenVan for originally arguing this point back in the summer (at least that is where I first heard the economics explained).
V1 is supposed to have this feature where multiple “nodes” use the same blockchain storage. Check out: https://docs.pokt.network/learn/future/persistence/#v1--client-server-architecture
Completely agree. PIP-22 made POKT significantly more complex since each relay on the network is not worth the same amount of POKT.. but is valued compared to whoever sent it.
A relay should equal the same POKT regardless of who sent it. That makes the ecosystem easy to understand, easy to develop for, and treats all work the same. Adding undue complexity makes no sense, so I fully agree with @RawthiL’s arguments here that V1 already addresses resource waste of multiple nodes.
By requiring someone to run more nodes vs beef up a single node, then those with more stake end up serving more relays on the network, which is how it should be. The more POKT you stake the more work you have to do. Right now, a node at 15k gets 1/4 the reward for the same work as a node staked at 60k. RPCs will become a commodity in the web3 space, so POKT should lead the industry by making the cost of an RPC measurable, and a weighted stake system make that impossible.
Overall, great work POKTscan for putting all this together in a single place 