@fabrice I hear your concerns about burnout, and as someone who has actually secured STF investment for my project (Fedify), I won't pretend the administrative overhead is non-existent. It's a real challenge.

However, in my experience, that effort is a price well worth paying for the autonomy and long-term value it secures. For me, navigating “administrative fragility” is a manageable hurdle compared to the structural risk of VC influence. It's not about finding a perfect, effortless funding source—it's about choosing which struggles are worth our time to preserve the integrity of the decentralized web.