Is running nodes a better investment than buying tokens?

Something I’ve been thinking about recently:

Instead of buying crypto tokens, does it make more sense to own infrastructure?

Running nodes on a network means you help validate transactions and secure the blockchain.

That usually comes with rewards such as:

network incentives

transaction fees

ecosystem participation

Some newer blockchain projects are doing node sales before the main network launches.

One example I saw recently is a project called Quranium that is building quantum-secure blockchain infrastructure.

They’re currently offering nodes through their public sale.

Details I saw:

88,888 nodes total

tier-based pricing

early node operators called “Qurators”

Node page:
node.quranium.org

Curious how people here approach this:

Do you prefer

A) buying tokens
or
B) owning network infrastructure like nodes?