I like your second goal! Like any business owner, focusing on your own business makes the most sense!
HP is always a great choice. I just took the long road to see how the two compare in a few years.
Your RS goal makes sense to me too. You are up there in a competitive position and you defend it.
That second goal was the one that I added in the last minutes... 😃 When, it should be among the goals from a long time ago... It was a bit "stupid" to add it there as people think that as an owner, we can print tokens, and inflate our bags... We can do that (as any other H-E token owners), but we will not do it ever... So, when we out that side, we (@achim03 and I) are like administrators of the project that work on it to bring value to the token that we hold, and everyone else... That's how it should be for every project and we will stick to that point of view...
I like that perspective - project owners paid a little bit for their time, but mostly building their stake like everyone else and being incentivized to grow the project so that everyone benefits, including themselves.
Tbh, because of that perspective, I'm against some of the proposals from the DHF... If you are getting funds for free, you don't appreciate the work and you are less motivated to make your project successful... It is the lack of a very powerful incentive that pushes you to be better...
It's like buying a medal in the store, or winning a medal by running a complete marathon...
I have a nuanced opinion here. The type of project funded this way matters and the amount it receives. For example, if a team of developers creates great quality open source code that can be (and is) integrated into various projects on Hive, or the core code, or if it funds critical infrastructure for Hive that isn't meant to be funded as a paid service, then I believe it's an ok way to access the DHF. If it's just a project like others, closed source, or not necessarily beneficial to the entire ecosystem, probably not.
Where I agree completely is that there isn't much incentive to finish a project for which you are paid "by the hour" and there isn't a strict accountability.
Yeah, we do get each other... That's why I said "some projects", as blockchain-core developments has to receive some funds as they are mostly non-profitable...
We (at Liotes) are thinking about creating a project which should be useful for Hive, but we are not coders and we would need initial investment to hire coders... So, there is an idea to create a proposal for getting funds to pay coders, but it would be for a limited time, as the long-term idea is to create a self-sustainable project... IMO, DHF could be a great "incubation" fund for projects that need an "initial push", but not milking the system forever...
Anyways... Sorry for rambling... 😃