[kuschku]

Yes, this is a massive reason where donations of some form can be useful.

And it's the real issue — not enough people contributing.

[sanderjd]

But the point is: that hasn't worked. We've had plenty of time now to see that that model does not work very well. I'm at least somewhat of a blockchain skeptic, but what I do like about it is that it isn't just trying to solve this problem in a way that we know doesn't work very well; it's trying to find a new answer that might work better.