Predictability would be nice, but there are other ways to solve that that don’t require risking your own investment upfront. This is the reason I never started with Sia and I probably wouldn’t be here if Stork had this requirement when I started. I’d probably be willing to do it now, because I already know how to run a stable node and I already have income from existing nodes. But for a new node operator who maybe messes up their first node because they lack the experience, having an upfront deposit is a big risk.