I did not think 60 would come about personally. I spent huge amounts of time doing R&D and also debugging. I remember spending days debugging to track down bugs that are essentially well hidden. Even cascading bugs can be quite the nuisence (fixing one for another to pop up).

There are some days i spend more time trying to figure out issues then i do get to spend with my children. Im a single fulltime father at that of two. Ive come to realise my 3 passions and joys in life. Family, my kids and Gridcoin. I was here before the billing was voted for and it honestly felt good to be recongized and compensated for some of the things i do.

I personally dont bill for everything and under bill most times. We could spend days in developement chatting about problems and potential plans for solutions to issues as no one solution is neccessarily the right fitting solution and that of which is not billed for.

I thank rob for his kind words and taking the time to reach out and answer the communities questions.

As gridcoin evolves and grows we have experienced all sorts of issues including growing pains. Hell tonight its 220am and im finally going to bed after hours of tracking down some elusive bugs or rare problems that have caused issues (not billed).

We strive to bring the wallet into the future. stability and and the health of the network being our goal while providing the best experience for current and new users. It has been no cake walk so far but one day it will be.

Thank you those who have taken the time to comment on the forum and asking questions.

I am happy to see more help from the community as it takes some of the load off core developers. It is nice to see some new people take on the smaller issues that have been back burnered for the more pressing issues. Its been really nice to see testers stepping up to plate and testing while abiding by the rules for testing. They too will have things on there plates from time to time. I thank Hive account@barton26 for taking the time to step up and cordinate the testing as it allows us core devlopers to focus on tasks at hand.

Im not concerned about foundation funds running dry. With interest alone it helps cover some of the costs of developers. As the wallet gets back into shape, stable and the health of network is good the monthly development costs will decrease over time and occasional staking of interest will cover more then just the cost of developers at some point.

Its 235am and im off to bed; got to be up at 630 to get kids ready and my son to preschool for 9. Ill.be back at her in the morning.

Cheers

-iFoggz