GladiusOfficial

We don't have official system requirements now with the exception of a 64 bit OS. You CAN run Gladius on a Raspberry Pi. You will need some storage (~1GB) in order to cache content but your bandwidth will be the main contribution to the network. We support Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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- Marcelo

The TOS differ by service provider, region of the world, and even by service provider by region of the world. During the closed beta, across 66 countries, we haven't had a single tester tell us they were penalized or shut down by their provider.

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We will monitor these types of issues as the network grows and expect to continually work with web sites, pool managers and nodes if these issues arise. From a more positive point of view, there may be incentive for residential ISPs to allow customers to participate - for instance reduce cord cutters by discounting bills of customers that participate in one of their pools.

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We've actively been engaging Tier-1 US ISPs to ensure Gladius doesn't cause problems. Everything we've heard has been positive and several are interested in working with us directly.

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-Max

The calculator on the website is a tool that can provide a rough estimate of a user's earnings based on uptime and bandwidth during favorable market conditions with a $0.03/GB rate. There are numerous other factors, including the market conditions and the number of clients needing service at any given moment. For instance, the calculator assumes 50% saturation at all times.

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Our new site will have an improved calculator with more tweakable variables.

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We do not guarantee any rate or any earnings.

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-Max

We are working to make a wide range of applications to run on all types of hardware like raspberry pi's. I don't see why we couldn't load a Gladius Node on smart toasters. If it comes down to an all out toaster war, it'll be Gladius toasters vs. botnet toasters. Kinda \s

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-Nate

The better your upload speeds, the more valuable you become to the pool. Nodes will always have the choice of when they turn the software on/off but the more consistent your uptime and bandwidth, the better.

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We have a heartbeat in all nodes that will detect unexpected downtime, but the ideal scenario is scheduled downtime (that can be updated on the fly) basically it gives us a heads up so we don't have to fail over to other nodes which would add a bit of latency for the client.

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ISPs may actually be able to lower their transit costs because the traffic may never have to leave their network, however the best bet would be to make sure you have a business plan for your connection. I know where we are in DC it's a pretty inexpensive upgrade and gives you a couple more guarantees and removed restrictions.

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-Alex+Marcelo