I want to set up a masternode as well. It looks like a majority are set up at Amazon and in the US. Where should I set it up to benefit the network/coin the most? Or does that not matter?
Outside the US would already be great.
Masternode location shouldnt matter at all.
If you initialize a Darksend transaction from China to Brazil, the masternode location is irrelevant. The voting system is not based on geo-/ip-information (i hope).
It's to bring some diversity to the network. What if Amazon has a problem and all its servers are down ? What if the servers in a specific country are shutdown ?
The probability is very low but the risk exists and it must be taken into account for the safety of the network IMO.
I think diversification is a good thing. Half the nodes going down because of a problem at amazon wouldn't be a good thing.
I know most people are under the impression that no DDOS protection is needed if you lock down the ports etc, but my next node will be 100% DDOS protected. I'd hate for Darkcoin to be a laughing stock if all nodes were knocked offline by some very determined people.
