If you manage an open source project, allow me to give you a simple advice: start doing regular dev calls. doesn't matter if you're 2 people or 20.
invite others to peek into the nitty gritty depths of your project, otherwise you'll have a hard time finding talented people to join your cause.
Good idea!
Each time I think about an open source project I realize a couple of things:
1. How can this source code ever turn into a revenue generating effort?
2. How can I stay motivated to work past 6 month of effort.
Both those thoughts always make me pause and really not progress.
As an example. I look at #nostr clients as an example and suspect no one would pay so embedded ads are the only possible stream of revenue.
I have looked at trading bots, but again don’t see a market that would sustain a revenue stream.
So I’ve looked at projects like coin market cap and coin gecko and while both have paid subscriptions I suspect adcents is all that drives revenue.
I am adamantly opposed to generating revenue off ads but see no other model
Without a revenue stream how to stay motivated.
Thoughts?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately...
“If, instead, a content distribution network were built with bitcoin (lightning) as its native payment architecture, the globally distributed network of media servers powering the backend of this Pirate Bay would have the same economic appeal as bitcoin mining: keep this server up and running, and you receive an average of X btc per hour.”
That definitely gives some food for thought.
I also like the idea around the AI arms race.
Yeah the idea of bringing the Bitcoin mining model to other distributed server networks is exciting to be. This doesn't mean trying to recreate PoW. But if there is a way to plug in (specialty) hardware, connect to the internet, and earn sats then people will do it.
Storj was trying to do this, but they chose to create their own “governance token”. Which they then tried to portend as a proxy for ownership of the company…. And I think that was the downfall. Lightning #BTC is more respected, liquid and honest. Separate the VC from the money.
So like storj, get “distributed nodes” to compete for a share of the lightning/on chain receipts.
So the more popular a service is, the more receipts it gets and the more the hardware/network gets paid out. So nodes will gravitate towards a need. Very free market…
Totally agree! Dev calls are like an open house for your project lets people see the gears turning and makes them want to jump in. Have you found a sweet spot for how often to do them.
Perspicaz 🫡
