based on the above questions/answer from northa/vella85, I made some tests about the required size of moin balance for good staking results.
On 15th Jan 2018 23:42, I filled addresses with the following balances: 100/200/500/1000/2000/5000.
Now, after roughly 4 days and 12 hours, I have the balances below (The wallet was running nearly 24/7 in this period):
100 -> 100 = 0 staking rewards, 0%
200 -> 200 = 0 staking rewards, 0%
500 -> 503 = 2 staking rewards, +0.6%
1000 -> 1006 = 4 staking rewards, +0.6%
2000 -> 2009 = 6 staking rewards, +0.45%
5000 -> 5018 = 12 staking rewards, +0.36%
So I wouldn't try to stake coins with less than 500 MOIN balance on it.
In the long run, the percentage earnings from staking should align to each other.
I will continue to monitor the balances and report again here in a few weeks.
Staking Tests with various balances: 100/200/500/1000/2000/5000 -
Update after one monthTime elapsed: 28 days 4 Weeks (snapshot taken at 13.2.18 01:06 GMT) (started on 15th Jan 2018 at 23:42)
The wallet was running almost 24/7 with only some minor downtime of a few hours. (Every address had the same downtime, as they run in the same wallet.)
100 -> 106 = 04 staking rewards -> 6 %
200 -> 206 = 04 staking rewards -> 3 %
500 -> 516.5 = 11 staking rewards -> 3.30 %
1000 -> 1027.2 = 18 staking rewards -> 2.72 %
2000 -> 2058.8 = 39 staking rewards -> 2.92 %
5000 -> 5147.7 = 98 staking rewards -> 2.95 %
as you can see, every address got some stake rewards, even those with only 100 and 200 moin in it.
so it's possible to stake with as little as 100 moin.
most of the addresses got almost the same interest of 3% during that month.
the 100moin-address with 6% doesn't mean that staking with smaller amount leads to better results. It just got lucky.
I will continue the experiment and report back. Hopefully we will see that all will approximate to the same percentage over time.