Posted by aspenmayer 4 days ago
Things like Patreon and GitHub sponsorships are subscription based. I wonder if something that includes a compounding interest bearing component could help make these funding mechanisms more stable for those who benefit from them? Does anyone have any ideas in this space?
For the purposes of discussion, assume that the Patreon user is operating in good faith and complying with applicable laws and Patreon terms of service, but were banned because of an insider threat, for example.
Patreon is fine and good, but is also a single point of failure. If you lose access to the platform, there is no portability or escape hatch. You're fully locked in, or in the worst case scenarios I outlined above, locked out.