Swarm is the first live blockchain platform for tokenized private equity allowing everyday people the possibility to invest in real, formerly exclusive assets using cryptocurrency. Swarm has created a fully compliant, legal infrastructure for high-return investments to effectively engage with the $1 trillion dollar private equity market.
Masternodes Proposal
In recent weeks Swarm has officially announced the upcoming release of their Masternodes to be operated by the SWM community in order to scale the network and achieve true, trustless decentralization. SWM token holders will have the opportunity to stake their tokens to operate a Masternode with the purpose of verifying transactions and receiving ample block rewards in return, as well as participating in governance, and steering the future of the Swarm platform.
How to Operate a Swarm Masternode
To be eligible to operate a Swarm Masternode, a minimum of 50,000 SWM tokens must first be held in a wallet and staked to receive block rewards. Alternatively if 50,000 SWM is out of reach, a group of people can pool their resources to share in the ownership of a masternode with fractional staking. This is made possible with simultaneous release of the SMN token (Swarm Master Node token), which represents fractional ownership in a masternode. The SMN token enables all to respectively benefit from the block rewards and governance, relative to their stake contribution.
Rewards & Incentives
The Swarm Foundation has set aside 10 million tokens to be distributed as block rewards over 100 years, following the concept of diminishing returns to stimulate the initial growth of the network. An additional 10 million tokens will be set aside for the creation of the the Swarm Market Development Fund (MDF), with the sole purpose of funding opportunities on the Swarm platform. Of the profits generated from the MDF, 30% will be paid directly to Swarm Master Node owners, and 70% reinvested back into the MDF with compound interest generating a J curve of rewards for all participants.
Democratized Investment Opportunities
Swarm is on a mission to democratize investing so that anyone can participate and gain access to highly profitable, scalable investments, and have the right to influence these investments and the platform that hosts those opportunities. The proposed masternodes will be voted on by the SWM community and implemented September this year, 2018.
