retroactive grants are cool but they require builders take on all the risk (build it and you *might* get *some* funding)

an alternative ✨proactive✨ approach:

I think there is a mistake in your thinking. I make vastly more money hourly than with Kiwi News and so my risk-free rate is incredibly high. But consider, in 99% or my freelance work, I do not retain ownership in my work, so I cannot gain from it after the fact. You have to factor this in.

Founder /kiwi-news, a decentralized Hacker News

Nobody will pay for my „risk-free“-level freelance work rate to build @kiwi while I retain full ownership. This is not a hypothetical argument, it is reality. When you freelance, the client takes on 99% of project risk and ownership, hence the high pay. When you retain ownership, that‘s part of your compensation.

sorry where’s the mistake? what i’m proposing gives you the same amount of money per hour worked *and* ownership

if you voluntarily work for a lower hourly rate then that’s on you