Gosh, you almost had me for a second there.<p>But no, I&#x27;m afraid you&#x27;ll have to do a <i>bit</i> more than merely allude to (non-)solutions, or point out how paper gains are enough motivation to keep experts who could otherwise be earning 6 figure incomes, to instead work full time on difficult solutions for free.<p>That you&#x27;ve taken absolutely no effort to spell out any of this magic success formula and instead chosen to allude to altcoins is sadly typical.<p>Bottom line: nobody has figured out how to sustainably support open source projects with money, period. In the best case, it&#x27;s the blind leading the blind. You do what works. And whose to say what works? It&#x27;s ridiculously subjective.