Currently each Darkcoin Masternode needs its own discrete IP.

Well ofcourse the daemon is just the same for wallet and masternode, but they run in a different mode, right?

But it's not like with darkcoin you had your QT-wallet on your home-pc act like a masternode, right? But maybe SPR will allow for that.

(sorry for the dumb questions, I never ran a masternode, but I plan to, soon, side by side with a SPR node, :-) )

Ok, I never thought of it this way...

I'm testing whether a Darkcoin Masternode actually needs a static IP. Just fired one up on testnet from my laptop. (Using the QT client, georgem! )

I think that once the masternodeprivkey has been generated, linking the controlling wallet to that 1000DRK vin, that's all the network cares about, if the MN IP changes it should still broadcast itself as a MN and be accepted as one. You shouldn't lose your place in the payment queue unless your MN is offline for over an hour, 71 minutes or something I believe.

I could of course be completely wrong.  

edit: OK, fired up the MN, checked that it appeared in the masternode list on another testnet MN I have running on a VPS elsewhere, then disconnected the home MN from one ISP and reconnected via another. debug log shows masternodey activity continuing but masternode list on remote VPS MN still lists my home MN with the previous IP. I will leave it a while and see how it goes. Proof will be it recieving a payment in due course...

edit2: Found this in debug.log:"2015-01-18 19:57:27 receive version message:Satoshi:0.10.17.16/: version 70051, blocks=94034, us=146.156.164:19999, them=108.61.203.206:19999, peer=107.191.48.59:47354" - local MN is definitely still functioning as a MN after the IP switch. 

If a individual hosted his MN from home and it will unstable, he would lose out on income.

This would be soon sorted out if that individual becomes financially hit.

Ofcourse Evan want's to see solid reliable servers, but this can be achieved at home!

Do you need to wait a long time before your masternode is accepted into the network?

Hopefully when i'm running my masternode it won't be unstable. Well, at least more stable then bitcoincloud.eu which seemed to either crash every day or two or auto-restart for no apparent reason. Don't use them.

Bear in mind that just because it may be possible, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

With the 1 IP per MN requirement, it's going to be cheaper to rent X VPS instances than rent X IP addresses from your ISP, and those VPS instances are almost certainly going to have faster and more reliable connectivity than your domestic connection.

And you can rent VPS's without having to sign up for any kind of contract... good luck getting your ISP to plumb you in an extra ten IP's for a few bucks a month without having to sign up for a big upfront cost and a 6/12 month contractual obligation to keep paying.

It is, however, nice to have the option.

Dirt cheap to set up means dirt cheap for bad actors to set up... but as I have previously prophesied, they aren't going be dirt cheap for long.

Awesome. What is externalip?
and what is the port for Spreadcoin?
How much testnet drk for a masternode?
How did you get the masternodeprivkey? Private key? why did you post it? Ah well, it guess it is the testnet.

Thanks thelonecrouton.

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