When the markets are down running a smartnode can be a good way to earn money.
One of the better smartnode projects is smartcash https://smartcash.cc . A smartcash master node is called a smartnode.
It takes 10,000 smart to run a smartnode. The smartcash need to be in your wallet as collateral.
Those who calculate smartnode rewards calculate only the node rewards however smartcash has another feature called smartrewards.
These are rewards given to the holder who has 1000 smartcash in their wallet. There should be no outgoing transactions in the last 30 days and all the 1000 or more smartcash should be present at one particular address only.
This means that for a smartcash holder running a smartnode , all the 10,000 smart would be present at one address.
So as long as the smartcash node rewards are not withdrawn a person running a smartcash smartnode (smartcash masternode) can earn both smartcash node rewards as well as the monthly smartrewards for holding 1000 or more smart.
The smartcash site
https://smartcash.cc
smartcash on steemit
https://steemit.com/@smartcash
smartcash on twitter
https://twitter.com/scashofficial
smartcash discord channel
discord.smartcash.cc