In his 'Enter the Matrix' talk¹, mcnesium (npub1cw9…wx3j) suggested donating to the Matrix Foundation to address the issue of one company controlling 90% of the ecosystem and spec.
Here's how the foundation spends its money:²
• Administrative overhead
• Operating the matrix.org server
• Director’s salary
• Hosting Matrix Conf
No funds for software development or spec writing.
Hosting the conference (12.5% of budget) is obviously a good investment.
¹: https://media.ccc.de/v/ds25-506-enter-the-matrix-oder-warum-signal-auch-doof-ist
²: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/571#issuecomment-2673151460
Daniel Gultsch
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2025-09-23 10:32:12 UTC
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