Bounties work when they're small and well-defined. Large, broadly-defined systems can't be efficiently built on a bounty system unless you have developers who are both skilled enough to do the work and have enough cash to forego payment until the project is complete. The bigger the project, the longer they have to be able to self-fund in advance of payment.
If it's going to use a bounty system it needs to be smaller, more clearly defined features with smaller amounts associated. This would make it possible for people to realize value in less time on both sides of the money, as well as make it more possible to work in parallel. Unless there's some company out there with idle staff to dedicate to a large bounty I don't think you'll get the product you want as stated.
It sucks for the dev too because you can get stiffed or get stuck in review hell trying to get paid. It’s basically spec work.
For what he’s asking it’s actually not. This is a huge project that would take many months of dedicated work. Bounties aren’t the right way to achieve it, as there is a huge, poorly defined task that may or may not get paid upon completion after months of time investment.
“People who I can’t convince need to die.” Cool cool cool cool.
People with enough free time to spend hours a day on a nascent network are usually pretty cringe. Nostr. Urbit. SSB. Matrix. Gopher. The list goes on. Just remember it’s ok to be cringe. 🥲
No one doesn’t understand this
Can someone link to rana? I keep seeing it referenced by name but can’t find it.
Ken is my hero
Happy Mardi Gras, nostriches
Are there any relays with administration UIs yet?
The ability to use sneakernet is a game-changing feature that people in urban centers don't understand. The ability to write a bunch of messages to friends offline, sync them to the device of the person who goes into town via Bluetooth, and that person go to internet and send them out, all in a private fashion. Very very cool.
Scuttlebutt stores all state locally including data you can’t even open because it’s encrypted for someone else. There are controls to manage data size, but the SSB protocol is designed so that you can meet someone IRL, sync with them, go your separate ways, sync with others, and eventually get data to the recipient. It’s quite cool.