Why funding open source is NOT philanthropy with Pavlenex | SLP734
@pavlenex, Bitcoin open source contributor, joins me to discuss why funding builders matters, how open source projects evolve, and what’s new with Stratum V2 & BTCPay Server.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:09) - Open source is not philanthropy
(05:07) - Reaction to
@MARAFoundation_’s initiative
(06:40) - Stages of open source projects
(11:51) - The necessity of economic incentives
(16:42) - AI's impact on open source contributions
(19:48) - “Upstream decisions, downstream impact”
(24:33) - Open source as a complement to R&D
(28:46) - Navigating corporate funding & control
(31:14) - Identifying & supporting the right projects
(35:56) - Directed grants vs Open grants
(39:55) - The importance of supporting open source
(42:41) - Updates on
@StratumV2
(47:02) - Updates on
@BtcpayServer
(48:47) - What is the Samrock protocol for BTCPay?