Oddbean

Opensats has always accepted grant applications. They have not publicly stated that they are short of funds. I am disappointed with their evaluation of Freerse's proof of work. They prefer to trust a beautiful statistical table to evaluate the proof of work. They are unwilling to test and use the clients that users actually use. And those beautiful tables can be modified to be beautiful with a modifier. Thank you for telling me about these institutions, I have not tried to consult them. 🫂💜

I don’t think they’re short of funds mate, I think the people evaluating the grant requests are short of time. That explains why they’d use nonsense metrics like GitHub - it becomes an easy no for them to move on to the next one if they can quickly look and put a cross in a box. Geyserfund is closest to Opensats but you’d be self-fundraising. Bitpac is nothing like it. That’s a model to bring in BTC investors for equity in a business. Nostrocket is a hybrid where you could bring in investors but the funding mode is different. Don’t be disheartened by Opensats refusal - seek other paths.