I know you’re passionate but I don’t understand the concerns here @Matthew_Graham given the flexibility of the proposal - and the concerns come late in the game, with little signal and effective communication to our Pod, and after some weeks of not being very engaged in the Pod.
If this construct is not working, the community can change it. Nothing is locked for four years. We can certainly do more modeling as we go - while we look to improve the liquidity (and use) of the INDEX token. (I’m personally very keen to see the liquidity situation optimized). There are going to be some changes of tack along the way, regardless of what we implement here - KPI driven options, vesting packages, DSM, etc. To potentially just pass this through IIP and do nothing else to support this project - and keep directing it optimally - would be suboptimal and unholistic, but that’s not the goal.
You like many people (myself included) have been pushing, pushing, pushing for more ownership for contributors - especially versus other holders. This means giving them more tokens, simple. Tokens = ownership.
I am one of the gold owls that thinks this is the best way forward and will be monumentality disappointed if this huge body of considered and incredibly thought through work is stopped due to a wrinkle - something we can simply work through as we go. I don’t seek any more ownership than what the proposal outlines, if that’s what you mean by feathering ones nest. We’re a for profit entity with for profit investors. If people think this is all wrong and too much nest feathering, that’s fine - it’s a big open crypto market and there are excellent, charitable foundations in crypto to work for, building and funding public goods.