Assume it was 1-click and 100% automated to deploy, run and update a Hub.

How much per month would you be willing to pay to run one? 

No direct economic incentive other than you know you're supporting Farcaster decentralization and you have your own copy of the network.

OK, if you're answer is you wouldn't run one.

1/2 i would pay 0

ethereum already showed that people don’t run nodes if not incentives by staking (EF is trying to fix it by paying incentives out of their own pocket https://esp.ethereum.foundation/run-a-node-grants)

BUT…

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trying to sound smart /doingnumbers

I don't think that's true. Lots of people ran their own nodes, even before staking with POW, without any direct incentives. People who like to play around, experiment with these things, contribute to the health and values of the network, etc.

The grants program is mainly to expand diversity (and doesn't provide stake)

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Incentives are a great way to speed things up, but I'd even argue that nodes/infra that are run without incentives result in a much stronger, healthier and more resilient network 

The tricky part is finding the right balance to get there..