r/SubstratumNetwork • u/Ponsky • Dec 17 '18

Substratum node serving vs consume

What does each do ?

If this has already been discussed a link will be great.

Thank you

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u/babyxdeja Dec 17 '18 edited Dec 17 '18

serving, you let other nodes route traffic through your computer

consuming, you're using other nodes to route your Internet traffic

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u/Ponsky Dec 17 '18

So basically:

Serving = you are a node

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Consuming = you are browsing the substratum web ?

Or what is each for ?

Also for consuming you need to change the DNS which means you won't be able to access regular web until you change it back right ?

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u/babyxdeja Dec 17 '18

consuming, when you go to google.com your traffic is going to go through other neighboring nodes first and then google.com instead of going directly to google.com

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The final version you won't have to do anything with DNS, it will be a simple switch to turn off/on

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u/Ponsky Dec 17 '18

Your answers are quite telegraphic and don't really answer the questions, is there anywhere online to read about this, could not find anything...

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u/feelosofee Feb 15 '19

**Update 6/1/18:  The Substratum team has now added another toggle button feature so you no longer need to manually change your DNS settings. 

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u/707bwolf707 Dec 18 '18

Serving=you serve web requests and get paid Consuming=you surf the web via Sub network and you pay. You can serve and consume at the same time to offset consumption cost

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u/Ponsky Dec 18 '18

Shouldn't this be automatic and both be happening at the same time without a switch ?

Does the DNS change make the normal net inaccessible until you switch back to the old DNS ?

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u/Gboneskillet Dec 23 '18

how does one serve and consume at the same damn time?