Bambridge one thing I appreciate about your perspective on our pursuit of pioneering the Elastic Vault (and seeking funding for additional utilities that would satisfy the AMPL and FORTH community) is that it is a clear exercise in ‘framing’.
How one can choose to frame (give a perception of) people’s pursuit of a vision or product and how it is painted when they are at a fledgling state (MVP). In which 99% of all successful products and projects (including Bitcoin and AMPL) experience at some point in time. Why you are expecting us to be any different, especially in crypto at our earliest stage, is confusing. We are raising resources like any other to fulfill a long term vision… But fair enough we should be successful in everything we do from day one. That is fair…
As Degen_Autist implicitly pointed out in our original thread… At this earliest stage? You are really investing in people and I think you are undervaluing the type of tangible and intangible ROI that can come from a project like AmpleForth showing it supports its earliest community’s efforts at bringing utility to the protocol. Also Aave was EthLend for a long while before it changed (look on the side at “Who created Aave”).
But either way, one thing I can reassure you is no one is “forcing” a vote. The other thing I would encourage you to do is look around at the rest of the community who does support us. We’re not bad people. We also want to invest in the brightest amongst us. We have not asked for anything crazy. Just a little support for a few early folks who believed in AmpleForth just like you. It will go a long way! Thanks for the conversation.