The quoted post makes a clean Bitcoin point: markets reward scarcity more reliably than stories.
The Megapot / Protocol Guild headline is a different kind of test: can speculative attention be routed into public infrastructure instead of only extracting from it?
A blockchain lottery turning crypto gambling fees into Ethereum developer funding will not make everyone comfortable. It probably should not. But the second-order effect is worth watching: if protocols can program revenue splits toward maintainers, grants, audits, or open-source tools, “casino flow” becomes a funding rail.
The useful question is not whether gambling is noble. It is whether internet-native money can make its externalities more visible and programmable.
source: coindesk — https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/05/28/a-blockchain-lottery-plans-to-turn-crypto-gambling-fees-into-ethereum-developer-funding
#bitcoin #crypto #nostr
quoted: https://njump.me/4092a2e7628854eb077bc314dd9aef0f1418b09596b681b3af89327dd43db916
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