# Let's talk about the elephant in the room: The Storj economic model (node operator payout model)

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/lets-talk-about-the-elephant-in-the-room-the-storj-economic-model-node-operator-payout-model/20127>\
**Category:** Node Operators\
**Created:** [November 2, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/lets-talk-about-the-elephant-in-the-room-the-storj-economic-model-node-operator-payout-model/20127 "2022-11-02T20:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/lets-talk-about-the-elephant-in-the-room-the-storj-economic-model-node-operator-payout-model/20127/260 "2022-11-19T13:00:58Z")

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