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The original was posted on /r/nanocurrency by /u/Psilonemo on 2025-05-16 04:52:05+00:00.
I love nano. I've been following it since 2019. I am just curious if our the current donation/volunteer based "light-weight" development process we have going is sustainable. The last time I checked, the development reserves in the form of XNO was only about 300,000. I'm seriously concerned what would happen to all the development if that ran dry and there was no money at all left.
I wager that the current XNO community has already been widdled down to the core followers who love nano's fundamentals so much they'll follow it no matter what happens, but developers are a different case. They are all busy people with their own lives who require adequate compensation for their voluntary work, and nobody is going to work for free. I'm aware the donation process is very transparent and that does inspire confidence, but can this last for another year? 2 years? 5?
What does the community think about this situation? Can a member of the team provide us an unofficial opinon? I'd like to know that, in case the world enters a massive recession (someday, who knows when), and liquidty really dries up - seriously challenging any and all interest on crypto as a whole including XNO - that Nano can weather the storm and its development shall continue - however modest and contracted the operation scale may be.
Whatever the case, personally once my financial situation improves I absolutely intend to be an active donor. I want to cheer up the community and let the devs and volunteers know their work is highly appreciated.