Yes, the constant searching for hot data by way of churn events was something that came to mind as a potential side effect, but the disincentive to churn due to loss of farming rewards would seem adequate for preventing this. Another concern might be from farmers getting “bored” since their vaults are full but no longer generating revenue because the data is not being accessed enough, so they would just get rid of them and leave the network permanently/indefinitely. As others have pointed out, it would seem that transaction fees (for data, not safecoin) could keep them interested. Thinking out loud for a moment… is it possible to split the total farming reward between the farmer’s vault and all other nodes that pass a data chunk to the requesting client, or is this essentially how it’s done now? It would seem that depending on the storage vs. transaction reward ratio it would help keep the vault managers/farmers motivated.
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