Hello readers, I am Uncle Yanbi.
If you have been following Uncle's previous steps, you should now be enjoying the APR bonus of up to 28.24% on the Sozu platform. But I want to remind everyone again that this super high return is for the limited-time subsidy related to the mainnet launch in January 2026, and the official announcement clearly states that the settlement date for this wave of incentive points is on February 28, 2026.
You may ask me: 'Uncle, the subsidy is gone after February 28, should we withdraw our investment?'
We need to break free from short-term thinking and start looking at the RWA trends for the next decade. My strategy for the second half is very clear: as soon as the bonus ends on February 28, I plan to immediately transition and establish a DUSK native node according to the highest specifications recommended by the authorities. Today, I want to tell you why establishing a node is the real 'financial harvesting machine' and how deep the moat represented by the recommended hardware is.
1. Ticket: This is a threshold 'power game'.
Uncle, I want to tell everyone the truth first, the nodes of @Dusk cannot be just anyone; the official website has clear 'entry thresholds'.
In the Dusk network's SBA consensus mechanism, to become a qualified Provisioner Node (consensus node), you must stake at least 10,000 DUSK in your wallet. If you wish to participate in higher-level block generation, the official recommendation is to stake over 100,000.
These 10,000 DUSK are your 'ticket'. Why set a threshold? Because Dusk deals with real financial assets, it requires 'digital notaries' who are capable and willing to be tied to the network for the long term. Currently, the total staked amount has exceeded 209 million, indicating that a large number of players worldwide have locked in this power ticket.
2. Breakdown of real returns: 12% - 15% behind the profit depth.
You might wonder where the reward rate will drop after the bonuses end on February 28.
According to the Dusk official website's expected data for the mainnet in 2026, the expected annualized yield (APY) for self-built nodes will fall between 12% - 15%. Observing the thirty-six year emission plan chart, this yield is supported by two driving forces:
* Block Rewards: The system rewards you for maintaining the security of the ledger by automatically generating DUSK rewards. Currently, the reward for each newly generated block is approximately 19.86 DUSK.
* Gas Fee Sharing: This is what I value most. As exchanges like NPEX transfer over 300 million euros worth of assets to the Dusk chain, every transaction fee generated will be directly allocated to the validating node masters.
If you simply delegate your coins to others, the yield is usually subject to a maintenance fee of 5% - 10%. But the uncle builds his own nodes, aiming to capture the full 15%, which maximizes profit.
3. Hardware practice: Set up a 'financial-grade printing machine' according to official recommendations.
To ensure that nodes remain undefeated in the 24-hour consensus competition, I choose to fully follow the specifications recommended by the Dusk official website. This is not for selfish reasons to build a computer, but for the network's absolute stability:
* Core CPU (4 cores or more): The official recommendation is a high-performance processor (such as AMD Ryzen 5 or Intel i5 series) to quickly complete complex zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) calculations within every second.
* Memory (32GB RAM or more): This is the threshold strongly recommended by the official website. To prevent memory overflow during the peak trading period in 2026, 32GB is the lifeline to ensure nodes do not go offline and rewards are not missed.
* Hard Drive Specification (1TB NVMe SSD): High-speed SSDs ensure that the synchronization of the global financial ledger is always in the first tier.
This computer has a budget of about 20,000 TWD, and this investment will become the strongest weapon for capturing Gas fee bonuses after the end of bonuses on February 28.
4. Governance rights and the ambition of the map: from Europe to Singapore.
Existing node map on the DUSK official website.
I have observed the real-time distribution of DUSK nodes, with about 213 active nodes currently, and green points have already lit up in Singapore. This indicates that Asian financial forces are already making their layout.
As a node master, in addition to making money, you also gain the most core governance rights. You will vote to decide the future dividend ratio and fee pricing of the network. If you only stake on the platform, you are just collecting interest; but if you plan to build your own node like the uncle, you are a legislator in this 'digital financial special zone'.
5. The final strategy of the uncle: The end of bonuses is the true beginning of the explosion.
My path is very clear:
* From now until 2/28: Use Sozu's 28.24% bonus to quickly accumulate original tokens.
* After 3/1: Subsidy ends, and I plan to immediately set up the recommended 32GB RAM computer to transition to a self-hosted node.
This is my investment philosophy: earn subsidies before the end of February, and earn power and long-term dividends after the end of February. When others leave due to reduced bonuses, that is when we 'digital notaries' officially take over the network and reap the bonuses from the massive explosion of RWA in the next decade.
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