[Qgis-psc] Fwd: Financing QGIS through Dev Protocol

Fri Feb 12 11:33:46 PST 2021

Hi Anita,

I'm also sceptical ... if I don't understand a system - and if the 
website about such a system can't explain it in a few simple sentences 
...

But maybe I am growing old ... and a bit conservative ...

Andreas

On 2021-02-12 19:25, Anita Graser wrote:

> Hi Andreas,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Anita
> 
> On 12.02.2021 18:35, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> 
> Forwarding this information to the PSC list. I can't say that I 
> understand the Dev prorocol system, how it works.
> 
> But it is the second time, that someone suggests involving one of these 
> modern, virtual currencies, tokens, etc.
> 
> Anyone interested in examining this system and explain how it works? I 
> don't know what DEV is (some kind of currency?) And APY?
> 
> Andreas
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: pdotal <pdotal at protonmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 18:25
> Subject: Re: Financing QGIS through Dev Protocol
> To: Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org>
> 
> Dear Andreas,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Just to make it clear with an example, Vyperlang -  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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> I'd love to hear what you think,
> 
> P.
> 
> Sent with ProtonMail [1] Secure Email.
> 
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Friday, February 12, 2021 10:29 AM, Andreas Neumann 
> <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear P.,
> 
> Thank you for your suggestion about using devprotocol.xyz [2].
> 
> Can you please describe in a few sentences what this devprotocol.xyz 
> [2] 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?
> 
> Thank you for explaining the system in a few simple sentences.
> 
> Andreas
> 
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 11:54, 'pdotal' via finance <finance at qgis.org> 
> wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> 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!
> 
> 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.
> 
> Here are their websites:
> https://devprotocol.xyz/
> https://stakes.social/
> 
> I really want to hear back from you, what do you think about this?
> 
> Thanks for the attention,
> 
> P.
> 
> Sent with ProtonMail [1] Secure Email.
> 
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> 
> --
> Andreas Neumann
> QGIS.ORG [3] board member (treasurer)

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