Philanthropy can be a serious hinderance.
Don't take it unless you absolutely can't do without it. It's a really bad incentive.
Go try to make a profit, the market knows best.
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Is that the pitch to Opensats donors?
Artists invariably need people, strangers even, to invest in the creative process in order to produce art beyond its utility or monetary value.
Nostr projects have a nice opportunity to bootstrap via grants, while retaining full control and ownership.
But continuing to fund via grants over the long term does seem to be detremental for most projects. It kills any sense of urgency. The incentives are not there to build a useful product for users.
Cosign.
Yes
That's a market
Not seeing meaningful impact
this is why i weaned my smol business off the grant train 8 months ago. still here. still focused on being sustainable.
burn rate low, i will outlast both grants and VCs flooding the market with free subsidized services because I only have an obligation to my customers.
There's no one stopping other investors from betting on what they think is a better horse.
That is beside the point that grants lead to economic lethargy, when they're too generous or long-term. Humans need a sense of urgency, to stay focused and recognize opportunity.
Not all heros wear capes.
Do you have a short list of business use cases for Nostr? What kind of projects might dev/teams make a profit with?
Business tooling/software (invoicing, bookkeeping timekeeping etc.etc.). You wont be the only one looking at that, but thats kind of the point.
What the hell is a "plan"?
Having a plan is hell.
Only if it is made by the wrong person.
We have a plan.
No, we have a heavenly plan to bring knowledge to the huddled masses. 😁
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Hilarious 🤣
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Hahaha @ Odell
Yes. Grants as your ante and the rest from winning hands.
It’s important that we openly discuss and get to know all of the Nostr business use cases. So forgive me if I dig deeper…
What about Nostr makes it desirable for building “private intranet” tools and software?
It took some digging but here is a slidedeck on the topic.
Philanthropy has a place. But it does skew markets, and create parasitic behavior.
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