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RE: Mining steem on multiple machines
So, do you need 2 separate nodes to effectively mine?
That is , a miner node and a witness node?
What about a seed node? Do you need one too?
Please explain.
Thanks
The seed node is not needed to mine. The seednode can be compared to the "fullnode" in the "old" cryptoworld. It provides the blockchain to nodes/miners.
Is there a reward to run a Seed Node?
No, you can configure a single node to be both a miner and a witness. Since there are already a lot more detailed tutorials about that, this post was specifically intended for multi-node setups, because that's what seems to confuse most people.
And no, you don't have to run a seed node to mine. Seed nodes are for bootstrapping new nodes in a distributed network - they are specific initial nodes to talk to when you join the network, that are known to be already part of the network, so they can tell your new node more about who else is currently in the network.