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posted thoughts on delegate rewards:

[Open Discussion] Delegate incentives

Few thoughts on this: I’m categorically against any sort of ‘retro delegate rewards’ on a delegate-by-delegate basis. This will just lead to more I-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-mine type dynamics between delegates and whoever decides the rewards. It creates a simp economy and can even distort the way people vote. Just rewarding being a delegate is also bad–it’s like a participation trophy. Also, it could lead delegates to govern in a way that entrenches their ‘salaries’. Rather, the progr…