A device on the Internet running the Monero software, with a full copy of the Monero blockchain, actively assisting the Monero network.
Remote nodes can be private, if they are for personal use only, or open, if they are accessible by other people.
If you can, it is always preferable to <ahref="https://www.monero.how/how-to-run-monero-node"_target="_blank">run your own node</a> rather than use a remote one.
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An Open remote node can be used by people who, for their own reasons (usually because of hardware requirements, disk space, or technical abilities), can't/don't want to run their own node and prefer to relay on one publicly available on the Monero network.
Open remote nodes are often simply referred as "remote nodes".
Nano has a unique consensus mechanism called Open Representative Voting (ORV).
Every account can freely choose a Representative at any time to vote on their behalf, even when the delegating account itself is offline.
These Representative accounts are configured on nodes that remain online and vote on the validity of transactions they see on the network.
<h4><b>What is Ergo?</b></h4>
Ergo builds advanced cryptographic features and radically new DeFi functionality on the rock-solid foundations laid by a decade of blockchain theory and development.
It is a smart contract enabled, specialized-hardware resistant, fair platform looking to change the financial industry for the better.
I recommend reading the <ahref="https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-04-26-the-ergo-manifesto/"target="_blank">https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-04-26-the-ergo-manifesto/</a>.
