638 sats \ 0 replies \ @pavlenex OP 22 Mar \ parent \ on: AMA - Stratum V2 SRI team, yesterday we released an important update 1.0.0! AMA
how was your experience asking for grants and donations?
One thing that's great since project's inception is that we're all funded by different entities. Thus far we had: Spiral, HRF, OpenSats, Foundry, Bitmex, Galaxy. Some of the entities even allowed their employees to work on SRI.
It's tough, but back when I started doing FOSS Bitcoin 7 years ago, situation is much better. There are now so many entities that recognize good and valuable work. I would say that each and every one of us first added some proof of work, before applying for a grant.
Situation can always be better, as someone handling this side of the things for contributors of SRI, one thing that could be better is mullti-year support so that contributors don't have to worry every 6-months or 12-months if their grants will be renewed,
were there any important lessons you learned that might be useful for other FOSS builders looking for grants to support their work?
  1. Put in proof of work, even if it's in spare time and ensure community recognizes the value you're adding
  2. When writing application always ask core contribution team to validate your ideas or areas you can be useful for the project
  3. We need multi-year grants in this space asap, dealing with sustainability insecurities and constant renewals takes a toll on people.
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