# My Nodes Aren't Earning anything

When you start your nodes they begin the work of providing resources to the Network, storing existing data chunks, and checking the work of other nodes too. By running nodes, you're already helping build the new Internet, right from the start, so thank you!

Nodes earn Autonomi tokens when they receive and store some *new* data chunks when they are uploaded. Which nodes will receive the new data, and therefore the tokens, is entirely random. That's part of the security design of the Network.

What we can say, though, is that over time *all* nodes that are working reliably will eventually receive payments. It's just a matter of time. How long, depends on the size of the Network, and how much new data is being uploaded.