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I see payouts are starting up again. Good to see early payouts are becoming a trend! I received one so far, but I already have a question. In a previous update this was mentioned about surge payouts.
we’re happy to announce we’ll continue surge payouts for November (4X) and December (3X), and January (2X)
However, last month we saw that existing nodes still received 5X surge payouts for November and based on the first payout I received this month, it seems December is at least 4X (I actually received a little more, about 4.3X). What are the surge payout numbers for these months for existing nodes? And how long does your node have to exist to get those?
I was going to explain exactly that point but you figured it out already. Nodes that join before 2018-07-01 still get +1X
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I think its 2019-07-01
PS: Still transitioning to 2020 
Got one payout transaction this month so far ($4). Hope I wont get only that 
Figured I’d post an update with complete payout stats. Keep in min STORJ value was a bit volatile during this payout period, so that may explain some small differences.
us-central-1 ($0.8927; surgex4: $3,5708)
Received: 37.54358061 ($3.85)
europe-west-1 ($2.0027; 75%:$1.5020; surgex4: $6.0081)
Received: 60.78462202 ($6.16)
asia-east-1 ($0.1149; 75%:$0.0862; surgex5: $0.3447)
Received: 3.7618311 ($0.39)
stefan-benten ($22.4960; surgex4: $89.984)
Received: 814.8654784 ($83.54)
In short, not dissimilar to last month. They all look fine to me, got a little more on all but the stefan benten satellite, which I expect is partially as a result of garbage collection only kicking in halfway through the month. Hopefully that will have resolved itself in January. So, looks good and thanks once more!
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After a few messy months this month should have been a back to normal one. My node should no longer have any payout held back on all but the saltlake satellite and all delayed payouts should have been fixed last month. Additionally there is no more surge payout that I’m aware of and yet, the payouts seem way too high. Between 2x and 3x. It’s always surprising how you never hear anybody mention that… but try to pay a little less once and everyone complains. Anyway, I’m all about open feedback either way, so here it goes.
us-central-1 ($1.2480; surgex2.5: $3.1200)
Received: 34.48445676 ($3.11)
europe-west-1 ($3.3647; surgex2.5: $8.41175)
Received: 104.42140331 ($9.42)
asia-east-1 ($0.6780; surgex2.5: $1.6950)
Received: 18.91711384 ($1.71)
saltlake ($7.8404; 25%:1.9601; surgex2.5: $4.9003)
Received: 53.71202248 ($4.85)
stefan-benten ($14.4427; surgex2.5: $36.10675)
Received: 397.59363305 ($35.87)
So, thanks for the additional payout… but what happened?
Edited to include surge payout.
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one time surge payout 2.5x
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Did I miss communication about that? If not, you guys might wanna tell people when you’re doing something generous like that. 
Anyway, thanks again!
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As far as I know we will communicate that. It was a last minute decision and the only option we had was pay it or hold on.
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Awesome! I edited the above post to include the surge payout. It seems spot on. Only europe-west-1 seems to be even a little more generous.
Is it? I read surge payout as = Not enough paying customers (yet). 
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I received 86.026423 Storj for my first month. I was expecting a few cents: D Great! Thank you!
You can be as pessimistic as you want… but getting paid for 2.5x as much as the service you actually provided is a good thing.
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i got 214 Storj this month (for march) only… last month (for February)was about 660 Storj…
did not expect it to decrease that much 
my data for February:
first node
February 2020 (Version: 8.2.0)
TYPE PRICE DISK BANDWIDTH PAYOUT
Upload Ingress -not paid- 401.94 GB
Upload Repair Ingress -not paid- 23.70 GB
Download Egress 20 USD / TB 94.65 GB 1.89 USD
Download Repair Egress 10 USD / TB 12.06 GB 0.12 USD
Download Audit Egress 10 USD / TB 3.06 MB 0.00 USD
Disk Average Month Storage 1.50 USD / TBm 1.88 TBm 2.82 USD
Disk Usage Storage -not paid- 1.31 PBh
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Total 1.88 TBm 532.35 GB 4.83 USD
Payout and held amount by satellite:
SATELLITE FIRST CONTACT TYPE MONTH 1-3 MONTH 4-6 MONTH 7-9 MONTH 10+
us-central-1 2019-10-25 Paid 0.0534 USD 0.1067 USD 0.1601 USD 0.2135 USD
Escrow 0.1601 USD 0.1067 USD 0.0534 USD 0.0000 USD
europe-west-1 2019-10-23 Paid 0.1249 USD 0.2498 USD 0.3747 USD 0.4996 USD
Escrow 0.3747 USD 0.2498 USD 0.1249 USD 0.0000 USD
asia-east-1 2019-10-25 Paid 0.0675 USD 0.1351 USD 0.2026 USD 0.2701 USD
Escrow 0.2026 USD 0.1351 USD 0.0675 USD 0.0000 USD
saltlake 2020-02-11 Paid 0.0003 USD 0.0006 USD 0.0009 USD 0.0011 USD
Escrow 0.0009 USD 0.0006 USD 0.0003 USD 0.0000 USD
stefan-benten 2019-10-23 Paid 0.9611 USD 1.9222 USD 2.8833 USD 3.8445 USD
Escrow 2.8833 USD 1.9222 USD 0.9611 USD 0.0000 USD
second node:
February 2020 (Version: 8.2.0)
TYPE PRICE DISK BANDWIDTH PAYOUT
Upload Ingress -not paid- 806.19 GB
Upload Repair Ingress -not paid- 47.90 GB
Download Egress 20 USD / TB 275.83 GB 5.52 USD
Download Repair Egress 10 USD / TB 643.24 MB 0.01 USD
Download Audit Egress 10 USD / TB 4.42 MB 0.00 USD
Disk Average Month Storage 1.50 USD / TBm 1.07 TBm 1.60 USD
Disk Usage Storage -not paid- 743.37 TBh
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Total 1.07 TBm 1.13 TB 7.13 USD
Payout and held amount by satellite:
SATELLITE FIRST CONTACT TYPE MONTH 1-3 MONTH 4-6 MONTH 7-9 MONTH 10+
us-central-1 2019-11-25 Paid 0.0753 USD 0.1506 USD 0.2260 USD 0.3013 USD
Escrow 0.2260 USD 0.1506 USD 0.0753 USD 0.0000 USD
europe-west-1 2019-11-24 Paid 0.1597 USD 0.3195 USD 0.4792 USD 0.6389 USD
Escrow 0.4792 USD 0.3195 USD 0.1597 USD 0.0000 USD
asia-east-1 2019-11-25 Paid 0.0786 USD 0.1572 USD 0.2359 USD 0.3145 USD
Escrow 0.2359 USD 0.1572 USD 0.0786 USD 0.0000 USD
saltlake 2020-02-11 Paid 0.0004 USD 0.0008 USD 0.0013 USD 0.0017 USD
Escrow 0.0013 USD 0.0008 USD 0.0004 USD 0.0000 USD
stefan-benten 2019-11-24 Paid 1.4672 USD 2.9344 USD 4.4016 USD 5.8688 USD
Escrow 4.4016 USD 2.9344 USD 1.4672 USD 0.0000 USD
this month
first node:
March 2020 (Version: 8.2.0)
TYPE PRICE DISK BANDWIDTH PAYOUT
Upload Ingress -not paid- 80.18 GB
Upload Repair Ingress -not paid- 6.82 GB
Download Egress 20 USD / TB 238.51 GB 4.77 USD
Download Repair Egress 10 USD / TB 38.95 GB 0.39 USD
Download Audit Egress 10 USD / TB 3.02 MB 0.00 USD
Disk Average Month Storage 1.50 USD / TBm 1.89 TBm 2.84 USD
Disk Usage Storage -not paid- 1.41 PBh
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Total 1.89 TBm 364.46 GB 8.00 USD
Payout and held amount by satellite:
SATELLITE FIRST CONTACT TYPE MONTH 1-3 MONTH 4-6 MONTH 7-9 MONTH 10+
us-central-1 2019-10-25 Paid 0.0480 USD 0.0960 USD 0.1441 USD 0.1921 USD
Escrow 0.1441 USD 0.0960 USD 0.0480 USD 0.0000 USD
europe-west-1 2019-10-23 Paid 0.1664 USD 0.3327 USD 0.4991 USD 0.6654 USD
Escrow 0.4991 USD 0.3327 USD 0.1664 USD 0.0000 USD
asia-east-1 2019-10-25 Paid 0.0773 USD 0.1546 USD 0.2318 USD 0.3091 USD
Escrow 0.2318 USD 0.1546 USD 0.0773 USD 0.0000 USD
saltlake 2020-02-11 Paid 0.1801 USD 0.3602 USD 0.5403 USD 0.7203 USD
Escrow 0.5403 USD 0.3602 USD 0.1801 USD 0.0000 USD
stefan-benten 2019-10-23 Paid 1.5282 USD 3.0563 USD 4.5845 USD 6.1126 USD
Escrow 4.5845 USD 3.0563 USD 1.5282 USD 0.0000 USD
second node:
March 2020 (Version: 8.2.0)
TYPE PRICE DISK BANDWIDTH PAYOUT
Upload Ingress -not paid- 1.47 TB
Upload Repair Ingress -not paid- 81.38 GB
Download Egress 20 USD / TB 485.84 GB 9.72 USD
Download Repair Egress 10 USD / TB 3.63 GB 0.04 USD
Download Audit Egress 10 USD / TB 4.63 MB 0.00 USD
Disk Average Month Storage 1.50 USD / TBm 1.32 TBm 1.98 USD
Disk Usage Storage -not paid- 980.63 TBh
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Total 1.32 TBm 2.05 TB 11.73 USD
Payout and held amount by satellite:
SATELLITE FIRST CONTACT TYPE MONTH 1-3 MONTH 4-6 MONTH 7-9 MONTH 10+
us-central-1 2019-11-25 Paid 0.0858 USD 0.1715 USD 0.2573 USD 0.3430 USD
Escrow 0.2573 USD 0.1715 USD 0.0858 USD 0.0000 USD
europe-west-1 2019-11-24 Paid 0.3150 USD 0.6299 USD 0.9449 USD 1.2599 USD
Escrow 0.9449 USD 0.6299 USD 0.3150 USD 0.0000 USD
asia-east-1 2019-11-25 Paid 0.1117 USD 0.2235 USD 0.3352 USD 0.4470 USD
Escrow 0.3352 USD 0.2235 USD 0.1117 USD 0.0000 USD
saltlake 2020-02-11 Paid 1.9059 USD 3.8117 USD 5.7176 USD 7.6234 USD
Escrow 5.7176 USD 3.8117 USD 1.9059 USD 0.0000 USD
stefan-benten 2019-11-24 Paid 0.5142 USD 1.0285 USD 1.5427 USD 2.0569 USD
Escrow 1.5427 USD 1.0285 USD 0.5142 USD 0.0000 USD
How many payments did you get? It should be 10 for 2 nodes. There was no announcement that the payments have been completed yet.
After subtracting the held amount you should receive ~ 270 STORJ with the surge payment of 2.5x. Last month’s payment included payment of the last week of January and January was an exceptional good month with a lot of testing going on. Otherwise you would have not received 660 STORJ with the stats you provided.
I recieved alot more then expected not complaining at all. Thank you storj
You must use same address for all nodes so there should be total 5 payments (1 for each satellite) irrespective of the number of nodes that SNO runs.