Projects often run "testnets" in which you can participate without technical experience or expense. However, they bring little to the average person. It often takes a lot of time and effort, and sometimes money, to get a good reward.

My name is Bogdan, I oversee the Node direction in the Crypton Prime community. Today I will help you understand the “varieties” of activities and the concept of a “node”, and then I will tell you about the possibilities of earning money.

🌐 Varieties

There are different types of testnets, from product testing to technical assignments.

Let's look at the types of test networks:

Non-Incentivized - There are no rewards for this testnet.

Paid (Incentivized) - for this test network there are different types of rewards. By type: sales allocations, project tokens, NFTs, merch, etc.

The latter type may provide for different types of rewards. But you shouldn’t count on big profits, as the rewards may not cover the costs. The decision to participate should be made after your own research.

🌐 Nodes

A network node (node) is a node in a blockchain network that interacts with other computers on the network. Nodes are connected to other computers (with the same program installed) to create a cryptocurrency network.

Different types of nodes require hardware to host or connect to other nodes. Blockchain works on the principles of P2P network. Transactions are processed by an extensive network of servers rather than centralized services, which ensures security on the network.

🌐 Raising your node

To run a node of some blockchain, you can use a PC, laptop, server and, in rare cases, a telephone. But, we are faced with problems of electricity and the Internet, if we take into account the PC and laptop.

Why is it better to use a server rather than something else?

For good performance of a node (Uptime), there must be:

Stable and high-quality Internet, electricity, device characteristics suitable for the node.

Therefore, renting a server would be a good idea. Yes, it costs some money, but in return you get trouble-free server operation and high Uptime.

🌐 Types of servers

Dedicated - you are provided with a physical dedicated server. It is considered an excellent choice for running applications that cannot coexist on the same server with other projects or have increased resource requirements.

VPS - this option provides for the allocation of a portion of the server resource to the user. That is, one physical server is taken, its computing power is divided into several parts and rented separately. An excellent choice for renting a small amount of resources so that you don’t have to overpay for extra resources.

🌐 Hosting

We learned about the difference between servers, but where can we rent them? There are entire services called hosting for this purpose.

Hetzner (https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=QrwXaCb2r2FU) - a huge selection of servers and a bunch of settings. The best server in terms of price/quality ratio.

Pq Hosting (https://pq.hosting/?from=544015) - RU hosting. Well suited for those who have problems paying with RU cards. The downside is that you cannot add more memory to the server. You need to take it with a reserve.

Vdsina (https://vdsina.ru/?partner=w23kmk3v32) - RU hosting. Prices are expensive, but suitable for those projects where you need to install a miner. You can pay with cryptocurrency.

🌐 Why is it worth participating?

This is a great opportunity to participate in top projects in the early stages and have a chance to receive a reward for it.

Participation in various projects allows you to gain experience, which will allow you to easily cope with similar activities in the future.

This is an opportunity to become a validator on the main network (Mainnet), receiving a percentage of the commissions of processed transactions.

🌐 Conclusion

We figured out what nodes are, why they are needed at all and why it is worth participating in them, and also received basic knowledge on raising our own nodes.

If you are interested in this topic, then do not waste time and delve into it. At first everything seems complicated, but over time you will definitely figure it out