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“Sustainable” PGF is when you have a reliable source of external funding (like cookie sales) for public goods. 

“Self-sustainable” PGF is when the public goods create effective feedback loops, so that impact = profit.

These are not the same

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Abundance Economy book: book.abundance.id

would its own L2 with sequencer fees going back to PGs count?

devrel eng lead @celo | alum /stanford | 2x startup founder | prev eng & product @gitcoin |

true. have an idea for a workaround where each tx also creates an onchain attestation —> bc in order to bridge gap between impact & profit, we need to measure the impact we’re creating

I'd say that's still a version of selling cookies.
Sure, a public good on OP can contribute to more txs so more fees, but how much of the PG value is captured?
A cure for cancer in children will also likely lead to more cookie sales, but wouldn't say such feedback loop can self-sustainably fund cancer research.