For us the alpha release is really the starting line. That's when the real discussion begins. Before that any public discussion on the specs would just slow us down like it did when we tried to go fully open & FOSS from the beginning with the NostrGit project (now merged with the GitNestr project). I hope we get the bounty soon after we release but that doesn't mean we're going anywhere. That's when people can start making actionable proposals and not just hypotethical suggestions which reach consensus very slowly before anything is actually built.

I'm just saying that when we have something working then it becomes a much more meaningful conversation. Public spec discussions work when maintaining a project, not so much when building one from scratch.

But I also hear you, it would be nice to have efficient collaboration with all of the teams which have already given a lot of thought to these problems. I hope we'll get there after we release. Don't get too hanged up on the wording "polished product". It's really just a starting point for a healthy FOSS project.