First: This project is already sponsored, so we have a seed pot. http://nostrmeet.me

Second: further sponsorship to “grow nostr” will not be hard to get … especially if the “numbers” demonstrate that “social onboarding” results in higher retention (I expect they will)

third: deep and accessible webs of trust for new users will be Nostr’s lifeblood as it grows and scales (bots and bad actors will only multiply). Social onboarding fixes this. So that will help funding also.