I’m calling bullshit on this. Grants should go to a wide range of projects based on their potential impact on Nostr overall. Low probability ideas that could have massive impact are exactly the types of things we should make space for.
All progress happens on the margins.
Idea guys should have skin in the game. Getting a grant based on an idea alone is throwing shit against the wall.
Imagine satoshi going around asking for a grant to make bitcoin.
Can you give us a history lesson about ONOSENDAI? Can you document the "idea phase" to its production?
Why do you assume arkinox had no skin in the game? I doubt he conjured up all of this after receiving the grant. It seems pretty thorough to be an afterthought.
"Imagine Satoshi" blah blah blah. Where's your idea? Where's your project? Builders are only looking at one thing in this space. I can imagine OS looks through a similar lens.
I am in no way qualified to decide the value of a project but these are from Satoshi in 2010:
>> BTW, it's looking like I may be able to get us some money soon to cover >> web host costs, back your exchange service, etc, in the form of cash in >> the mail. Can you receive it and act as the project's treasurer? > > That would be nice, I can do it. Sending cash in the mail may have its > risks, but maybe it's still the best anonymous option. We can also ask > for donations in BTC on the forum.
I got a donation offer for $2000 USD. I need to get your postal mailing address to have him send to. And yes, he wants to remain anonymous, so please keep the envelope's origin private.
I will try to think of a polite way to ask the donor if he sent it, but right now there are other higher priority things that are going to bump even that for a few days. Would a donation of bitcoins help in the short term?
I think you can see it’s more than an idea. The code runs.
This display in Amethyst makes it look like nostr:nprofile1qqspwwwexlwgcrrnwz4zwkze8rq3ncjug8mvgsd96dxx6wzs8ccndmcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qg3waehxw309ajhjetn9enrw73wd9hsqwhj0h replied to my note. He didn't.
nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcewvzaw is too busy with 3D birbs to get basic functionality sorted.
This.
