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And how do I survive?... Who will fund my development and my code learning? I collaborate on the translation of open source software, but I've never been paid for it... In my opinion, what's missing is a decentralized Bitcoin-based education system that trains influencers, developers, teachers, and researchers, as well as a more robust project financing system, like Bitcoin finances buyers, but with Bitcoin smart contracts.
I know, but it touches on a current sore point that should be a reality... There's a lack of a more solid funding and support structure for good open source initiatives and projects. Open source, in general, loses badly in both, and it's sad to see so many good things die because people interested in and capable of developing solutions have to continue focusing on the centralized world to survive.
Serious education exists. For devs programs, search for Vinteum, Chaincode Labs, Btrust Builders, Bitshala, Liberia de Satoshi. How to get funded is one of the things we talk in the programs. Also, I have a regular Bitcoin course for CS and engineering programs at the Univ. of BrasΓ­lia and I'm helping update the MIT course. So, for your question of how to survive, we have undergrads that went straight to a bitcoin grant or job, we have guys that saved from their 9 to 5 job and used that to finance themselves until they've built enough proof of work to get funded, and we have guys that do as a side job while they build enough proof of work to quit. Could be better, but funding is out there and tends to improve. It just is not actively advertising as in a regular company. Once you build a track record of smaller contributions, you'll find a way to reach a decent grant.
My list of tutorials, some for laymen, some for devs. I haven't read most of them, though. ODELL recomenda: Extreme Privacy Michael Bazelle digital privacy bible, everybody should read <- varios tutorias Tutorial leigo e gerenciamento de UTXO <- livro tecnico oreilly programming BTC <- parece bom p/ graduacao Linguagem e metaforas ← estudar Wiki organizando info sobre fraudemia, tem secao BTC Outro wiki geral tutorial <- recomencado no gab ZK PROOF https://www.zkcamp.xyz/blog/lifecycle-of-zkp?utm_source=tldrcrypto https://mirror.xyz/finessevanes.eth/Jgg2UJVxbazMW3tEV3qwvIeU7Ap-Tq5A9dAlGfQn104?utm_source=tldrcrypto Oops, curriculo pra desenvolvedores - quase tudo aqui Basic Cripto e PGP em PGP tutorial https://medium.com/@alexemidio/como-funciona-pgp-9247f89e3c8e tutorial com animacoes - curvas elipticas, adicao de pontos, finite field, e o esquema de definicao de chave. qdo ate eu entendo Γ© pq esta bem feito :-)
I did quit my job to work on open source. One of my project is Nostria, a Nostr app and service provider. If I can reach 1500 paid subscribers I'd be able to sustain this app and service for as long as people want it. It's a challenge though to get there, have used a lot of my savings, did a pre-seed fund raising that was successful, which I'm very grateful for. Yet it takes time and dedication, which I got, but eventually the money runs out. Funding is an issue for a lot of open source, yet finding good business models for them shouldn't be that hard. Many projects only need enough to sustain the developers, not make a lot of extra profits. Truly hope that Nostria will be successful in the long run, it's shaping up to be a very nice Nostr app and the goal is to reach new user adoption.