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Still on a road trip… another thought: what if we paused upfront funding for a year and only did retro with proof of work?

There would still be enough teams with plenty of runway and true fans & creators would still be sticking around, arguably grinding harder to make it work. And collaborating. 

Thought it could be an interesting season.

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[ butter.wtf ]
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[ benjaminlatsko.com ]

I woudl lean into a 3 stage sustem of funding, small grants to proof of concept . the slightly larger prop for full rpototype and a bigger ask if warranted.  What happens if a bulider spends months of work and out of pocket costs then presents the ask for retro and the dao saye Nah, that is too much money for this thing

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[ benjaminlatsko.com ]

Asking because I think like you, there are many other builders who honestly wish to create value and make an impact to the Nouns community and need upfront funding to do so. As you said, you probably would not have been able to make the event free and extend the programming like you have, which would have likely lowered the reach and impact significantly of the event. Personally, I think the current format works, we just need to be more mindful of what we fund, how much we spend, and the impact we seek to make. Furthermore, retroactive rewards could work best using Rounds, where builders share their updates on /nouns or a nounsbuilders channel to get new or continued support for their contributions to the ecosystem. would be happy to chat further about this on my space on /tavern friday.

Building Nounworks.wtf at BIGSHOT.WTF and  @bigshottoyworks on socials

precisely my thinking too
https://warpcast.com/humpty.eth/0x2e44a316

/humpty noun 558, augmenting onchain narratives, helping creators grow their audience and make more money, building /cryptosapiens, streaming /earlymorningcrew

Any kind of "give me all the money up front and I will be arpoud to cpomplete this prop, trust me bro" has proven to be a disaster of hilariously sad proportions. But any attempts to talk about it created issues

thats unfortunate and sad to see. def not sustainable.

It is slowly being fixed and addressed but frustrating to witness over the past 3 years. At the end of the day it is an experiment in governance and decentralized system so it is what it is