And imagine doing something that you know will net you no profit, no status, no fame. That’s what an pseudonymous open source developer like Satoshi was like.
Discussion
Entirely different to work in the open source world versus the startup space. Very valid to pursue, but it’s not the same kind of forcing function to compare building open voluntary software vs taking investor money and trying to build a product people pay money for.
Not all for-profit entrepreneurs have to take investor money. I am of a philosophy that one shouldn’t take money until they have solid Product Market Fit. Investor pressure is a choice, not an inseparable part of entrepreneurship
Ideally, to never take investor money really, or at least to take investor money as late as possible
I was replying to your comment about open source development. Bootstrapping is always a viable execution path, never said otherwise. My point was there is a crucible by having accountability to others that is not the same as a volunteer software project.
You also don’t get any reward, potential or tangible, even if you happened to have built the most important software project the world have ever seen.