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boston wine win@nostrplebs.com 2 years ago
Ballpark… what level of weekly or monthly revenue stream would Damus require to operate beyond this 1-year runway? Would subscription model + user growth make this achievable? @jb55 @npub1h50p...rqev @elsat @Daniel D’Aquino
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This will likely be the last year of damus. Will try my best to make this thing sustainable, but nostr clients don’t make money and I once funding runs dry its over as I can only burn saving for so long. Glad I was able to help play a small part in this regardless of what happens. Going to give it my all next year to try to keep the dream alive. Thanks for coming along for the ride ✌️
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elsat elsat@habla.news 2 years ago
It depends. If you want less than two FTE devs on payroll the current rate that Will shared. If you want to empower @jb55 with a team of e.g. five (5) devs, maybe a designer, and throw jet fuel in the nostr kindle you can extrapolate. There is an argument made that nostr is layer 3, and few devs have done more to grow BTC/LN that @jb55 has with 1) the introduction of zaps 2) onboarding and educating of thousands to LN by way of nostr and an awesome user experience @npub10pen...n34f mission is to “support and maintain a sustainable ecosystem of funding for free and open-source projects and contributors, especially bitcoin-related projects and projects that help bitcoin flourish.” “OpenSats provides funding for a variety of bitcoin-related projects, including: Development of new bitcoin & bitcoin-adjacent software Improvement of existing free and open-source software Education and outreach about bitcoin Research into bitcoin-related topics” I would ask @npub10pen...n34f if they have considered @jb55 for long term support given his merit and contributions in a short amount of time. Probably I am biased - it seems that team nostr and team BTC would want to keep @jb55 not only onboard individually, but also empower him with a dev team to amplify his impact. cc @npub1j8y6...vrvg
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TKay tkay@bitcoindistrict.org 2 years ago
Focus is key. There is almost no room for exploration with this number of FTEs. The only core operational revenue stream Damus has is the wallet split. Is there anything else? Merch is not a true revenue stream.
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