Crypto is the only sustainable model for open-source infrastructure
"How to Pivot your Career in Crypto and AI | Builder's Diary #9 with Greg Osuri" (Finality Crypto Podcast (DeFi Times))
“In order to have pure open source software that’s sustainable, crypto is the answer. Right? Every other open source software [closes] at some point. If you do open core model, at some point it becomes closed because that’s the only way to make money… you cannot have closed source software and have verifiability.” — 00:58:04
Context: Capstone of his recurring argument, set up earlier with Docker’s acqui-hire and Kubernetes contributor churn: “Venture-backed model doesn’t work for open-source software… the value capture is predominantly done by someone else that’s not a contributor” (00:42:56).