Impermanence and the Blockchain
How ironic!
Blockchain is supposed to be permanent. Think again. When you where touted about CDs from cassette tapes, you were told CDs are 'permanent', same thing about VHS tapes to DVDs. I remember, I was told the same.
Then my kids were born, and I have seen them play frisbee with my CDs and DVDs with horror initially. I have seen them break the Finding Nemo DVD twice! Back then it wwas $30 a pop and no discount. Thanks to Disney + (god knows how much I pay for subscriptions now!) I neither have a DVD collection, nor that I miss it. I don't regret that I trashed my CD collection. It was nothing much to talk about anyway. No regrets.
An old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water
That is Matsuo Bashō!
Thanks to 
Created using Grok; Prompt: the same haiku above, but no frog:)
Do we really need the frog? We don't.
Here Basho depicts the impermanence of life with the sound and ripple perhaps. It was there, and then it is gone. Perhaps the ripple says a little bit, and then that will be gone too. This is perhaps one of the cornerstone if Zen Buddhist philosophy. Mujo.
Funding
Today I have a job, tomorrow I may not.
Today your project is funded, tomorrow it is not.
Such is life. I am glad, our blockchain is based on this principle, whether knowingly or not. I think this sense of "impermanence" is valuable for the blockchain. It drives competition, and honesty.
I remember a statement from Khal 2 years ago when he was trying to get funding on the first iteration of Leo's DHF proposal. At the time he was clueless about how DHF works (perhaps still is?), he didn't even know that DHF funding is not permanent. He said the following directly to me: (Aug 09, 2023) Yes, I have long memory.
I'm not trying to convince - as
- #1, it's already approved and I don't need your vote.
- #2 it doesn't seem you can be convinced. I was invited here to answer questions in a transparent and fair way and I am very open to constructive criticism so that we can bring some value to Hive
For the record, that proposal was funded. I was against it, but it was funded.
Did it bring some value to hive? I don't think so. But you be the judge of that. I have already expressed my opinion on the subject.
To any/all projects who are defunded
DHF funding is something you have received for a while. However,
- how many community members did you talk to?
- how many people did you convince?
- how many people directly know what you do for the hive blockchain?
Very few.
Here is what I suggest:
If you have a DHF proposal and you like to get DHF funding, you need to make yourself visible. This is not optional. You need to tell us directly, one person at a time, what can you do for me, and the community. That is the way to do campaign and get vote.
- Buy some hive, your stake matters, shows your commitment to the chain
- Make post about your budget
- How you spend the previous money you got and how are you going to spend it in future
- Convince one individual at a time, yes, it is necessary
For example, I have 1M HP. I vote on Return Proposal. So potentially I can unvote Return, and vote your proposal. That is 2M HP swing.
Currently, VSC proposal is only 4M HP vote off. So they just need to convince 2 individuals like me, or 10 individuals who holds 1/10 th HP and is currently voting return.
That doesn't seem particularly hard from a lobby point of view.
Good Luck!
