Hi nostr:nprofile1qqs9phjf9nl9guj9phc6q9m0makezh5hedwelrf7enhh6f0lp2y8rhspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kqzxrhwden5te0f4hk7mjzda5jumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6e4ejv6. I'm sorry to hear you don't like my project.

As far as having skin in the game, perhaps you missed the part of my post where I mention that I went from being a full time employee (at a job I'd had for 16 years) to part time so that I could work on nostr. Reducing my benefits and income felt like skin in the game for me.

OpenSats exists to give people opportunities like this. Now I am full time nostr and working for a nostr company. No grants. My case is fairly ideal in that in one year OpenSats helped me go from hopeful nostr dev to full time nostr dev. I am very grateful for that opportunity. I hope others have similar successes. If OpenSats can get people to move from fiat world into full-time nostr dev and not depending on grants, that's a win right?

Additionally it may bring you peace of mind that my grant was probably one of the smallest grants OpenSats has awarded in terms of money.

I believe my work on ONOSENDAI has yielded some benefits to nostr at large. Here are some points that you might appreciate:

- I developed a generalized NIP-13 mining algorithm for web which other clients can use. This algo is more efficient than existing algorithms.
- I developed the first Nostr client that transports 3D data over nostr. This could be used in a host of applications not limited to tweet transport.
- I developed a coordinate system that can serve as a superset of geospatial positioning systems, increasing integration between nostr and real world locations.

As you can see from the community response to my announcement, people seem pretty excited about a permissionless metaverse where actions are consequential. No such thing exists outside of Nostr. I don't know what lies ahead, but if any metaverse matters in the future I want it to be one where proof of work matters more than privilege or authority.

At the very least I think that ONOSENDAI stands as a testament to exploring possibilities with nostr and I hope it inspires others to be wildly creative and push the boundaries of this protocol that I love so much.

In my announcement I mentioned I launched the straylight.cafe ditto community. In my free time I am committed to nurturing the new cyberspace community to grow and develop it. Even though my grant is over I want to see cyberspace thrive.

You don't have to change your mind. I just thought you might appreciate some perspective.

PV