@emersonian@maeashi or other contest runners please give an answer here when you can.
I think a long-term benefit to Zcash will be to have publicly community sanctioned contests not change rules in the middle or leave people worse, especially if they are ‘technically correct’ in their grievances.
Maybe semantics, but it’s not a contest, it’s a reward. I agree that changing reward outcomes isn’t optimal, but at some point we have to be realistic, which I believe receiving $2k a month for hosting a node isn’t.
I’m sorry, but while I can certainly understand your frustration, I’m not in a position to answer your questions as I am a participant, not an organizer.
I should also mention that I’m still quite new to node operation myself—more like an apprentice. However, if you have any questions about running a node, I’d be happy to share what I’ve learned so far!
