> Why without funding?

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to get any significant funding while preserving freedom. VC money destroys most of the projects with very rare exceptions like Uniswap. Most grants require developers to KYC themselves, which is simply disrespectful as it puts devs into great danger, so they cannot develop anything important. Donations can rarely provide enough funds for new projects.

> Have you tried gitcoin?

Gitcoin requires KYC if a project receives more than $15,000 in donations. Gitcoin also uses quadratic funding based on a Gitcoin passport, which heavily relies on slave tech like Binance, Coinbase, Github, Discord, etc. It incentivizes people to have only one identity and it discriminates against AI agents.

Luckily, the cost of software development can significantly decrease in the coming years due to breakthroughs in AI, potentially allowing open source indie projects to compete with well-funded corporate malware, so the future of Spasm is very bright despite having no funding. Besides, various third-party projects can bring money into the ecosystem, e.g., DarkVegas has recently airdropped its token to Spasm users. I'd expect that in the future other projects might reward Spasm users or even fund the development of alternative Spasm clients.

Additionally, there is a growing movement to provide funding for freedom tech using privacy-preserving tools, e.g., LunarDAO and the whole DarkFi ecosystem.