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<p>Hi Andreas,</p>
<p>The website certainly looks fancy and uses lots of jargon to
sound impress readers. I'm not sure what's behind it / if it's a
scam. <br>
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<p>I cannot find any good description of Etherscan DEV tokens. For
example, are the mined like Bitcoin by wasting huge amounts of
energy? That would be completely against our project ethics.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Anita<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12.02.2021 18:35, Andreas Neumann
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<div>Forwarding this information to the PSC list. I can't say
that I understand the Dev prorocol system, how it works.</div>
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<div>But it is the second time, that someone suggests involving
one of these modern, virtual currencies, tokens, etc.<br>
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<div>Anyone interested in examining this system and explain how
it works? I don't know what DEV is (some kind of currency?)
And APY?<br>
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<div>Andreas<br>
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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 18:25<br>
Subject: Re: Financing QGIS through Dev Protocol<br>
To: Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:andreas@qgis.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">andreas@qgis.org</a>><br>
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<div>Dear Andreas,<br>
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<div>Thank you for your reply. <br>
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<div>So, with Dev Protocol QGIS could just authenticate
their Github and list the project in stakes.social, the
community or any other investors interested in QGIS could
then buy DEV, the native token of the platform and stake
them in the project. QGIS would get 30% Annual Percentage
Yield and the community would get close to 29% APY as of
now. <br>
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<div>So for community members it's way more interesting to
us to get paid while supporting QGIS, and unlike
donations, we don't lose our money. The only possible
drawback that this platform has is that it's financed by
this token that is listed in an open market, so the value
is not fixed. But, since it's just starting and the
potential is astronomical, in my opinion, it's not really
a drawback because the token will most likely appreciate a
lot.<br>
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<div>Just to make it clear with an example, Vyperlang - <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.85)"><span
style="font-family:neue-haas-unica,synthese,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe
UI",Roboto,"Helvetica
Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span> </span>is
a contract-oriented, pythonic programming language
that targets the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) -
listed their project on stakes.social a few months
ago and they've got 18,000 DEVs in rewards, which
they sold close to $100,000. </span></span></span></span><br>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.85)"><span
style="font-family:neue-haas-unica,synthese,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe
UI",Roboto,"Helvetica
Neue",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">If
QGIS was listed there I would definitely stake in
the project, and that could generate, at current
prices, close $2000 a month just from myself! I'm
sure a lot of members of the community would
rather do this than donate. Also, the Dev Protocol
community would also love to help big projects
like QGIS, so it's definitely a great way to get
financing.</span></span></span></span><br>
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<div>I'd love to hear what you think,<br>
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<div>P.</div>
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<div> On Friday, February 12, 2021 10:29 AM, Andreas Neumann
<<a href="mailto:andreas@qgis.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">andreas@qgis.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear P.,<br>
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<div>Thank you for your suggestion about using <a
href="http://devprotocol.xyz" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">devprotocol.xyz</a>.<br>
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<div>Can you please describe in a few sentences what
this <a href="http://devprotocol.xyz" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">devprotocol.xyz</a> thing is
about? I understand this has to do with electronic
currencies like Ethereum. How does this work in
practice - what does it mean for us as a community,
what effort does it take to participate and what
benefit can be expected from this system. Do our users
have drawback when we participate in this system?<br>
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<div>Thank you for explaining the system in a few simple
sentences.<br>
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<div>Andreas<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 11:54, 'pdotal'
via finance <<a href="mailto:finance@qgis.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">finance@qgis.org</a>>
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<div>Hey,<br>
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<div>I'm a member of the community, I used QGIS a lot
back in Uni, and use it everyday in my work. I can't
afford to donate straight to the project though,
I've found out and I'm currently using Dev Protocol
to finance projects, they're really great because
not only the project creators get sustainably funded
but the community also gets paid!<br>
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<div>I'd love if you guys could integrate QGIS into
Dev Protocol, that way I could stake all of my DEVs
to provide you guys with funding and I'm sure there
are thousands of community members that would do the
same if this option was available! Their incentives
really broaden the community base that's willing to
fund the project.<br>
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<div>Here are their websites:<br>
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<div><a href="https://devprotocol.xyz/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://devprotocol.xyz/</a><br>
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<div><a href="https://stakes.social/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://stakes.social/</a><br>
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<div>I really want to hear back from you, what do you
think about this?<br>
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<div>Thanks for the attention,<br>
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<div>P.<br>
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