This is comedy.
SPS validator nodes are pointless Splinterlands-specific baggage. No one really cares. Not the players, not the whales.
Instead of asking DHF for 500k, use the 480k that's being wasted here, on whatever the 500k for the DHF is going towards instead.
And the DHF proposal is going to waste like 10k in liquidity pool costs and more on DEC price depreciation, so it's not like 20k really matters.
@wildebunny you do make some interesting points of discussion around;
1.) Do we need to decentralize?
2.) If so, how much of a priority is it at the moment
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MY OPINION
1.) Yes, I believe Splinterlands should decentralize at some point.
2.) FYI: I do own a validator license BUT I don't think it is a priority at this time. I put a higher priority on cleaning up the games user experience to make it more aligned with easily onboarding new non-crypto users, AND then marketing to support that cause.
Personally, I think they should be asking for funds from the DAO to migrate the game to a better blockchain that will align with all their future development plans BEFORE they start building out the SPS Chain... but now that I think about it, if your going to migrate, that is probably the best time to build out your new foundation on your own chain.
What's the point of web3 if tokens are centralized? What's the point of having a DAO if not for running it's decentralized token?
This is absolutely a priority and I'm totally for this proposal.
Furthermore, you never gonna get a big listing on top exchanges, which is crucial (not for price speculations, but for bringing people in less painful ways).
Web3 people like to forget that web2 exists, and on the verge of bankruptcy, they worry more about web3.
It's like a game company hiring another just to manage the drop rate of gold and the storage of gold data in the database.
And in times of luxury, this project was never a priority.
It is still not a priority for the SPL Company. Is a priority, instead, for the SPS DAO.
Then SPS DAO's priorities are misplaced.
What does DHF has to do with any of this? Don't de-rail the proposal discussion.
Splinterlands and SPS DAO are intertwined in their financial interests. To think one can function without the other, is comedy. And Splinterlands is in the process of asking the DHF for 500k.
I find it irresponsible that one is setting their own money on fire, while begging others for more.