I do wonder what the right dose of outside dev support is. There's something good about devs being intrinsically motivated, sacrificing their own time and money. It selects for different people at the very least. I'd wager it selects for leaders - those roles are pure sacrifice.

Definitely concerning if Bitcoin development (outside of financial games like Saylor or crypto casinos like Armstrong) can't support itself from market incentives.

SimpleStacker

I agree, directionally. There is a role for ideological capital. It's healthy. It adds diversity to incentives. But we've crossed from this-is-helpful to this-is-odd levels of nonprofit activity in bitcoin imo.