# Rightsizing Storj Network Payout Rates **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Tags:** payouts\ **Created:** [August 20, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/rightsizing-storj-network-payout-rates/32391 "2026-08-20T22:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 186
**Author:** ![littleskunk](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/littleskunk/32/63_2.png) [@littleskunk](https://forum.storj.io/u/littleskunk)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/rightsizing-storj-network-payout-rates/32391/186 "2026-08-29T15:52:25Z")
> [@alpharabbit](#): > > This is what happens when you ask the QA engineer who is also SNO to make a simple price reduction. đŸ˜‰ So far not a lot of complains about the new payout rates. That part is on me. I have presented leadership a few options and told them how that is going to impact my own nodes. Removing the /24 restriction was a demand from the community. I just forwarded that to leadership and also told them it would have no impact on my nodes at all. I told them it might still be something worth trying even if the only outcome might be that SNOs try to game the new rule just to find out it makes no difference and leave a month later. For us that still comes with the benefit of spreading out the repair work over time. Right now I would add to that advice that it also triggers a bunch of people and they waste a lot of time to argue about a meaningless detail. Keep in mind our goal is cost reduction / rightsizing the network. At this point the /24 rule feels more like a smoke screen and way to effective to not add it to the announcement… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/rightsizing-storj-network-payout-rates/32391)._