How to Ensure Open Source Sustainability: Market Mechanisms to Support Projects

Petar Maymounkov talks about market mechanisms for supporting open source projects, such as “plural equity” — tokens that give voting rights in the development of the project. He suggests replacing external grants with internal tools that allow the community to solve operational tasks flexibly and transparently. The idea of ​​partial common ownership to fairly value tokens and ensure a sustainable open source economy is also considered.