Yea it is a money grab by the devs. I was a very early session user (the devs were based in Melbourne, AU). They’ve basically forced node runners to stake their shitcoin, after already forcing node runners to pay a hefty fee in their PoW shitcoin, they claimed was necessary for “Sybil resistance” lmao. The concept has been sort of cool, but it has definitely been run through a shitcoiner lens.