That ebb and flow is present in many industries.
There are other ways of dealing with that, like cross-financing yourself through savings, bespoke work, subscription models, or other income flows.
Then those models should compete, if they exist.
I'm just glad that we have solutions now for the medium term to provide some stability for the growth and maintenance of these open protocols. The work I do couldn't begin to happen if not for some amount of centralized decision making.
Nobody said we shouldn't have different funding models.
I'm writing against the insistence that we should all be taking grants, instead of charging fees or getting zaps. Like there's something inherently immoral in asking someone to pay for something.
Then be specific in that point.
Obviously there's some miscommunication happening here.
Dude, I have no idea who you are and now I don't care.
I'm a person sending notes and other stuff transmitted on relay.
Yes, we are all just npubs here.
I thought it stood for nudes and other stuff
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