After considering your points and other comments in this thread- I have to wonder, could OpenSats transition to funding other OpenSats startups? To my knowledge there is little governance of the actual exercise of the funding. They merely ensure you are still committed to your goals on a quarterly basis, right?

They should kick up funding toward new OpenSats initiatives to encourage a microcosm of new grant-based initiatives.

Could OpenSats receivers also have the option to multiply their funding, under the condition that half will become funding toward their own future grant distribution?

I would love nothing more than to see the most successful builders on Nostr also be granted the ability to clone OpenSats and secure a relative portion of funding to distribute to their own applicants.

I think this would encourage a lot more diverse builders to apply under association of parent grantees.

Like a network of grant-giving. I support OpenSats in having a careful, thorough review process. I think their process should extend to their developers- specifically those who wish to carry that torch.