Thank you very much for this proposal @LongHash_Ventures , this is much appreciated! By way of introduction, I am Steven and just joined Safe as Protocol Designer.
On the Value Alignment Program proposal, I think it’s a great idea to look for ways where both Safe and the broader ecosystem can capture the value. Some early thoughts / questions:
- How difficult is it to make the VAP work in practice? Maybe there are some example where this worked really well? In the proposal Safe would exchange SAFE tokens for other tokens/revenues that not necessarily have achieved product market fit
- The projects can benefit from the security and credibility, it would be important for Safe that the selected projects can generate revenues. How would this be ensured? Also, I agree with your remark that one needs to assess to what extent projects are willing to exchange their tokens or revenues
- It would require expertise on judging business models/monetization strategies of projects to select the ones that maximize the revenues that flow back to Safe
- Would the set-up lead to additional operational and legal overhead?
- Grants Program: As mentioned in the proposal, there might be some overlap /synergies here. Maybe one one could think about adapting the grants program to experiment with VAP?