There is no POW, so its vulnerable to sybil. Plus like nostr:nprofile1qywhwumn8ghj7erfddskjmmnxy6nzdewdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq3samnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5hszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3kamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvfexjemgw33x7mr59ehx2ap0qys8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnzwf5kw6r5vfhkcapwdejhgtmfde3x77qpr9mhxue69uhhwmm59e38y6t8dp6xymmvwshxuet59uqzpde8f55w86vrhaeqmd955y4rraw8aunzxgxstsj7eyzgntyev2xtz675kl said, you run it for *your* protection, which only protects the network by extension of everyone protecting themselves. By itself and without a bitcoiner using it defensively nodes don't have much value some minor caveats here).
This is why one person spinning up 10,000 nodes is meaningless.
True, no proof there - that is why I am asking for a criteria to identify them - to proof it.
Since work is being done. Not as much as is being done through mining but still it is work.
I am unable to follow on the singular "only for you" rhetoric here. Sure I do it for me but also for the network.
There is no benefit that you provide to the network by running your node that all other nodes on the network don't equally provide to you. Hence, there is nothing to pay you for, unless someone who is NOT running their own node is relying on your node in order to access the network. In that case you absolutely could charge them to do so, but that would be on you to decide whether or not to charge for that service, and how much.
