I like the way it made me read it and hopefully many more will join the conversation.

Ever since we failed to get our one and only DHF proposal funded I decided that I wanted to take up the challenge to see if I could make Rising Star self sustaining.
Due to the lack of any kind of blow off top this cycle it is taking way longer than expected but it is moving in the right direction.

When you launch a game there is always excitement at the beginning so plenty of people spend to acquire packs, etc. If you put all of this income into a mixture of HBD savings and HP (and maybe a little BTC) then it is possible to grow the game's treasury and cover costs if you can keep the costs to a minimum.
Like traditional businesses you shouldn't expect to make a profit for at least the first 3 years so reinvesting in this way can make your game self-sustaining and live on into the future.
Once you have the costs covered you can start to think about taking ever increasing profit for the team.

So what I am trying to say, from the perspective of a dapp that gets income in some way, is that you don't need DHF funding if you are willing to be patient.

For dapps that need a little seed capital maybe a DHF fund could be inversely tied to the size of the dapp's treasury and finding discontinued if the treasury is not growing?