1/ While I appreciate the spirit in which this proposal is offered, I would not support it with the current parameters.
Income is core to the $YFI value prop. Eliminating it entirely would be a bad call, IMO. But creating a mechanism for intelligent reinvestment makes sense.
2/ Simply buying $YFI with all protocol income and putting it into a governance-controlled fund sounds good on paper, but it would create a massive pot of money which people would fight over on a monthly or quarterly basis.
Who would govern the distribution of these funds?
3/ In the current model, some amount of income from the Treasury goes to grants. IMO, the distribution of these grants thus far has been extremely informal.
Have the grants incentivized gainful development around the protocol? Maybe in some cases, but how much?
4/ What I'd rather support is the following spending:
1) Institute ~2 year-long time-locked $YFI bonuses for "core devs"- say between 10% to 25% of the current salaries.
2) Add some additional money to grants with better oversight
It's NOT users, app devs, investors, or miners directly. And it's NOT any firm (though they may be paid by them).
They work FOR the *public good* that is Ethereum. They administer it, but it is all of the others who give it value.
2/ IMO, public goods like Ethereum should be provided consistent with a mission.
And in ways that seek to 1) maximize broad benefits/end-use, 2) minimize broad harm, and 3) judiciously & transparently assign concentrated benefits (only if required to administer the good itself).
3/ Providing a public good like Ethereum to a broad swathe of stakeholders who make use of it every day isn't easy.
It requires exercising real judgement, making complex trade-off decisions.
Peaceful articulation of disagreement with decisions is part of that process.
Now that users can get paid in BAT for viewing ads in @brave, I expect that there is a decent chance it will be the most widely used "dapp" within the next 6 to 12 months- even if it is basically just a L2 micropayment rail with settlement available to the Ethereum main net.
@brave I've switched over to @brave on most of my devices and I'm pretty impressed with how clean and fast it is. I choose not to view the ads, but many will- and get paid for it. BAT / Ethereum will be the first non-speculative exposure many have to crypto.
@brave And I expect it will likely be especially popular among kids and teens (i.e., future trend-setters) who will love the idea of "making money" just for browsing the web.