Hi,
I have been having troubles with this too. Funny enough also with my presearch nodes. I had 1 which I calculated how much I needed to stake in my wallet to get that 60% discount, which now shows a rate of about 0.162TFT/hr. I did start another one and this one has a much higher rate then my first one. 0.677TFT/hr, even though I have enough TFT to cover both for 36 months at the 0.162 rate (even more).
Today I started another one and I am curious to see what this will be. I have 23k TFT balance, which should be plenty enough to cover all 3 for 36 months at the original 0.162TFT/hr. But I can’t do that with the much higher rate, it’s not even in the same ballpark as other providers.
It’s very unclear what the charges are going to be or were and at what $ value. This makes it difficult to choose Threefold over competitors.
Another problem I have come across is when the node provider stops/deletes the node. At what rate did I get charged then? Is it based on a normal rate because I didn’t run it for 36 months or was the discount already applied? In the last month or so, I had to restart a new contract twice for one of my nodes.
Maybe when someone stakes the amount needed (I would suggest real lock, not just holding it in the wallet) to run a node for a certain period, that node should stay active or the owner gets some penalty.
I hope to see some clarity soon.
Greetings,
Jefke