Running a Node is Not "Set It and Forget It" - SmartCash SmartNodes
SmartNode Success
I created my first node which is a SmartCash SmartNode in early February and I've already gotten 8 payments totalling over 1753 SMART! In the currently crypto bloodbath of today, SMART is worth about .18 cents, so $315 in a month and a half isn't too shabby for what is currently and $1800 investment (10,000 SMART are needed for a SmartNode). I have the node running on my low cost Vulture VPS so it doesn't take much of an investment there. But believe it or not, I could have done even better. 
Node Down
I spend most of my crypto-time looking at new coins and sharing airdrops on my new website Your Free Crypto https://yourfreecrypto.com. So the fact that SmartCash had updated their wallets and nodes had slipped under my radar. I noticed that I hadn't gotten a payment in a couple weeks, so I decided to check into it. I found that my node had been down for almost 2 weeks! On the SmartCash Discord Channel they instruct you how to update your wallet and your node. It's a very simple process that took about 5 minutes. It just required an updating of the install script on my VPS console and restarting my node in the updated wallet.
SmartNode Monitor
Luckily I found the SmartNodeMonitor bot on their Discord. This bot sends me a message every time my node goes offline or I receive a payment. (I even got one within 8 hours of restarting my SmartNode!) So next time, I'm going to stay on top of my node management and get the maximum number of payments.
@smartbot tip @sixexgames 20
Σ$$$ Tipped @sixexgames
Σ20 SMART! Comment@smartbot helpto claim. Currently the price of SmartCash in the market is$0.173 USDperSMART. Current value of the tip is$3.46 USD. To find out more about SmartCash, please visit https://smartcash.cc.@smartbot help
You can use the following commands:
balance- displays your current wallet balanceaddress- displays your deposit addresswithdraw <amount> <address>- withdraws the amount of SMART to addresstip <username> <amount>- sends the amount of SMART to usernameterms- displays terms and conditions for using @smartbotThanks sir!
😢 😢 😢 oneday imma set up mine too, still got 7k smart left.
but yo thanks for this though, learning while i haven't even set up a node yet, smile ☺
You're almost there! It'll be worth it to get it set up :)
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Master din't but smartrewards does. Set it and forget equal to passive income.
Yep, SmartRewards is like Christmas every month!
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