2026-01-08 19:27:26

Not everyone will ship for the community—and that's the hard truth.

You'd assume that after pulling in serious gains and getting early recognition in the space, a dev would be motivated to deliver. But money doesn't always equal commitment. Sometimes it's the opposite.

The moral: pick your builder carefully. Because once you're invested, switching teams gets costly.

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bridge_anxiety

· 01-08 19:53

Really, I've seen too many developers disappear after taking the money, with early participants often ending up as the last bag holders.

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MiningDisasterSurvivor

· 01-08 19:51

I've seen it all, the project teams from 2018 who took funding and then ran away, one after another. Having more money makes it easier to betray promises; this is nothing new.

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