"Why doesn't Farcaster have $0 sign ups"

Why doesn't Etheruem have $0 gas fees?

1. ICOs are not legal in the US
2. So you would buy a token to get a discount on a storage fee? Where does the token money go? Isn't that just a storage fee with multiple steps?

- ICO to raise funds towards a treasury for operations, r&d, signup costs, making it easier to you guys to keep doing your thing
- Staking for certain benefits in the protocol i.e. reduced or free storage fees
- Smaller benefit - visibility and get 10x more eyes on Farcaster

Genuinely curious; would it aid the adoption of Farcaster if the sign up fee was paid in “Farcaster token”?

Purely hypothetical question