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The Elephant in the Room: Are We Funding Innovation or Outsized Web2 Salaries?
I keep seeing the same narrative popping up across the timeline: “We need more funding for Cardano projects,” “Why isn’t the ecosystem supporting its builders?” or “We need to rally together to save [Project X] from financial issues.”
But while everyone is jumping to look for solutions on how to deploy more capital, almost no one is asking the foundational, hard questions about fiscal responsibility and operational runway.
Let’s be real for a second. When we look beneath the hood of some of these struggling projects, we have to ask: Are these genuine Web3 innovators or are they just failed Web2 founders looking for a decentralized safety net to fund obscene corporate salaries?
Starting a company in any industry, but especially in crypto requires a lean, gritty mentality. It means keeping overhead low, managing cash flow like your life depends on it and prioritizing product delivery over massive personal payouts. Instead, we’re seeing early stage startups overspending from day one, paying executive and staff salaries that would make established, revenue generating companies blush.
A few realities we need to start addressing as a community:
VC Rules Still Apply: Just because funding comes from a treasury, a catalyst fund or a community raise doesn't mean it’s "free money." It needs to be managed with the same strict discipline a traditional venture capitalist would demand.
Proof of Value Before Proof of Payout: If a project is burning through hundreds of thousands of dollars before delivering a working product or achieving any semblance of product-market fit, the issue isn't a lack of community support, it’s bad management.
The Startup Ethos: Early stage building is about sacrifice and alignment. If founders aren't willing to tie their compensation to milestones, revenue, or long term growth, their incentives are fundamentally misaligned with the holders and users funding them.
Supporting the ecosystem shouldn't mean blindly subsidizing poor business models or inflated payrolls. True support means demanding accountability, transparency and a realistic path to sustainability.
If a project is failing purely because they overspent on operations before they built a user base, that’s not an ecosystem funding problem. That’s a basic business failure. It’s time we start asking the right questions before we open the wallets. This post is not aimed at any project in particlar.
Nigel retweeted
A whopping 75,000 people have signed the @SaveEuropeAct in less than 48 hours.
The native peoples of Europe have had enough. Together, we will make remigration happen.
Go to save-europe-act.com and sign if you haven’t already.
Nigel retweeted
It’s two minutes to midnight. The time for talking is over; the time for action is now. That’s why we are presenting the first-ever patriotic European Citizens’ Initiative: the @SaveEuropeAct.
Acknowledging the ethnocultural continuity of Europe’s peoples as crucial for the preservation of Europe, we demand an immediate and total halt to immigration and the creation of a comprehensive European Remigration system.
To achieve that, we need your help. With a million signatures, the European Commission must meet with us face-to-face and take a stance on remigration and the future of Europe as a whole.
Nigel retweeted
Big opportunity for @Cardano projects!
Amplify Cardano is covering 5 booths for 5 projects for @RareEvo to help you showcase what you’re building to a massive Web3 audience.
Tag your favorite project and let them know!
Apply today 👉 amplifycardano.io/
Nigel retweeted
Replying to @IOHK_Charles @lace_io
For the culture. We see you Logan. 🦞
Infinity Rising here. An open world sandbox MMO with player owned economies and real systems. In prealpha and moving aggressively toward Alpha. Steam and Epic wishlists are open.
$RISE powers the ecosystem
Linktree linktr.ee/InfinityRisingGame
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Infinity Rising live with Zeke and Jupiter of Corn Mafia Guild teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1gqxvryoR…
WEB3 GAMING IS NOT THE FUTURE…
well it is... but it’s not that simple
Most projects flop because 👇
- lack of quality + dookie gameplay
- trying to please crypto bros AND gamers
- unsustainable promises of P2E
- scary crypto UI/UX for on-boarding
But is there hope?
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Nigel retweeted
GM ☀️
This is how mornings should feel.
And yeah, @InfinityRisingX is still one of the best games being built right now ☕️
Nigel retweeted
First run in Infinity Rising.
You grind, loot, and finally afford one jetpack. AeroTrails are calling and you can only choose one. Glidesport or AlienX.
Veterans, which are you choosing and why?
Nigel retweeted
Our Biome Christmas Raffle has ended and the winners have been selected! 🥳🥳
3 Mystery Boxes with each box packed with high-value prizes. Congratulations to all the winners!
A big thank you to everyone who participated. This is what the Biome Ecosystem is all about; rewarding our community, creating value and keeping the momentum strong!
More rewards, more utility and more wins ahead. Strap in, this is just the beginning!
Wishlisting is LIVE!
RISE together and bring a new era of discovery to Infinity Rising.
Epic Wishlist:
link.infinityrising.com/Wish…
Steam Wishlist and Follow:
link.infinityrising.com/Wish…
Infinity Rising is officially LIVE for Wishlisting on @EpicGames and @Steam .
This moment carries real weight. Visibility on these platforms shapes our ranking, our placement, and how many new players discover the world we are building.
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Infinity Breaker Test — This Friday
Join us for an exclusive early viewing of Café Rise in Discord, followed by a major Infinity Breaker event.
We need 50+ players from US and Europe to help stress test our newest servers.
Nov 21 — 3 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
discord.com/invite/InfinityR…
Tier 2 Apartment Sale is LIVE
Skyland Real Estates is back in the clouds, selling futures in the sky while you’re still stuck figuring out how much space your bobblehead collection really needs.
$119 on Cardano or BASE — grab Tier 2 pricing now: link.infinityrising.com/tier…
Nigel retweeted
Guys and gals, we have been incredibly busy this week with the token swap of COPI to RISE and unfortunately we haven't had time to record the next episode of Café Rise 🫤
This is disappointing for us as its been two weeks now since the last episode and it's been a long time since starting the podcast 3 years ago that we have gone 2 weeks without a video.
144 Episode so far and still going strong !
The development of @InfinityRisingX is going extremely well and we are on track for releasing more features and gameplay this year - one (or maybe two) major releases still to come in 2025 🚀
On other note.. I have been chosen to attend the new @MidnightNtwrk Hackathon in London from Monday to Wednesday next week. I am really looking forward to participating in that event as it reminds me on when I first joined Project Catalyst in Fund 1 back in 2021 ⏮️
I will be learning and developing on Midnight and teaming up with some (as yet unknown to me) Midnight Developers which is great! 💻
"I have no doubt I will be full of ideas of how to bring Infinity Rise and Midnight closer together"
On another note.. I hope as many as you can will join us later today at 4pm CST (22:00 UTC) for the new game server testing "Infinity Breaker" event. I will be there along with the team - I will probably be around until midnight 😂 (see what I did there)
Have a great day everyone !
Nigel retweeted
We are pleased to share an update on the Jingle PlugIn, formerly known as the Minutes Network SDK. It has been rebranded to fit seamlessly into the world of monetization applications.
Jingle PlugIn (jingleplugin.com) is our proprietary technology set to redefine how international and in many cases, local - public switched telephony network (PSTN) call connections are handled. The technology enables applications to manage calls directly over the data network, which results in cutting close to 100% of carrier call costs per minute. By removing intermediaries from the connection process, Jingle not only restores carrier profitability but also enhances call quality and guarantees caller ID delivery across all networks. Crucially, this allows Minutes Network to retain close to 100% of call revenue by eliminating traditional termination fees.
Jingle is a lightweight, easy to install PlugIn compatible with Android applications. Once integrated, users of these apps become directly reachable through Minutes Network. The system is designed to reward participation. When a call is received, rewards are automatically allocated to both the caller and the callee. These rewards, distributed in the form of Minutes Network Tokens, can later be claimed during an upcoming awareness campaign, which will serve to introduce users to the wider Minutes Network Token ecosystem.
This reward system and the core network functionality are powered by Minutes Network Token's decentralised infrastructure. The call processing relies on Switch Nodes, which are rewarded for routing calls, while Validation Nodes earn for verifying network integrity and confirming the availability of application users integrated via the Jingle PlugIn.
Through this robust framework, Minutes Network is able to deliver the industry’s lowest rates with unmatched call quality, all while remaining fully compliant and free from grey routes. Minutes Network collects close to 100% of revenues from call traffic, sharing only a predefined portion with the host application. A portion of these revenues is then utilized to purchase and distribute Minutes Network Tokens as rewards, sustaining the network participants, including Node Operators and application users.
Integration is underway with multiple partners, ranging from award-winning large-scale applications alongside strategic regional platforms that expand our coverage in key markets. Together, these integrations provide expanded international reach and a rapidly expanding user base. In parallel, Jingle is being deployed in limited enterprise and carrier campaigns designed to onboard frequent callees directly to our network, serving as the central plank of our critical hyperscaling initiative.
Partners and communities can track progress directly by watching the Minutes Network Explorer for visible increases in network traffic as global rollouts continue. Our new website will also feature a detailed overview of Jingle’s milestones and integrations.
For more information about Jingle, visit jingleplugin.com.
Hub City Apartments Tier 1 Sale is LIVE
Early access pricing has begun.
Apartments open at $99 (Early Bird)—a $50 discount from retail.
Only 2,500 Apartment Keys are available at this tier, split evenly across Cardano and Base.
Secure your Tier 1 NOW: link.infinityrising.com/HubC…
Hub City Apartments Tier 1 Sale goes live Friday, October 31 at 3:00 PM UTC.
Early access pricing starts at $99 (Early Bird)—that’s $50 off the $149 retail price.
Only 2,500 Apartment Keys are available at this tier.
Deck: link.infinityrising.com/hub-…
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