This is one of those posts only a few people will read, but it still needs to be said. Out of respect for the 4-5 people in the background who kept MASTR alive for free, and in some cases at a massive personal financial loss.
The truth is simple, and for a project that actually wanted to make CT and crypto a better place, it is a hard truth to accept.
A large part of the work of the past months and years has been carried by X payouts on a platform I deeply dislike but still have to use.
I was here before Ketamelon, by the way. We have not even been monetized for that long, yet it has already become the main source of income.
That is a disgrace, if you ask me, especially when you look at what this account and the people behind it have already built, sparked, and are still trying to build.
And even then, those payouts are so absurdly small that they do not even cover the infrastructure costs of this project.
And that says nothing about the real price. The thousands of hours. The stress. The constant pressure. The private sacrifices. The energy this drains from people who kept building and exposing while most of this space was busy roleplaying importance, farming engagement, and recycling garbage.
That is also one of the main reasons why I have become so disgusted.
I have seen hundreds of holders and followers disappear the moment a bigger KOL showed up and promised more hype, even though many of those same people previously claimed to stand against exactly that culture.
That is why I think many of these people are larpers.
Nothing more. The ones who launch something, collect attention, then vanish the second it gets difficult. And also the ones who support something because it feels morally better, until the moment something more immoral promises faster profits.
We have already put multiple 10,000s of dollars into app development, legal protection, and people who claimed they would help move this project forward, then turned out to be useless when it actually mattered.
And despite all that, we were still prepared to invest more, build more, and give more, if there had been real support behind it.
So this is a serious thank you to the very few who supported financially independent, unsponsored journalism and free work for the community.
Roughly 5 to 6 people donated. And a big thank you to all holders as well. Right now there is basically 0 financial benefit for us from holders, but that is not even the point. It is about principle.
Most of you have no idea how much this team gave away for free. Thousands of token and coin checks via mobile apps.
Around 40 investigation requests and support cases came in through DMs, Mail, $MASTR - app chat to our experts.
All of them heard that we would do it for free if they keep supporting us. We chose who we wanted to help.
Out of all of that, 2 people made a voluntary payment.
That is where I stop, to be honest.
Endless time. Endless effort. Real work. No paywall. No protection. No rich backers. No KOL cartel. No bought narratives.
Ask yourself honestly who is still stupid enough to offer that in crypto.
We were.
Basically, we have been airdropping free work the entire time. But that does not attract attention.
Because some of us actually believed that if nobody is willing to sacrifice, then nothing in this space will ever improve.
That maybe it was still possible to build something useful without kneeling to the crypto mafia, without selling out to the influencer class, and without turning every last interaction into extraction.
But even conviction has limits.
And giving has limits too.
Once crypto becomes a real thing again, we will switch on the revenue program. We could not do it until now because the market situation is what it is. A disaster for real builders who want to grow organically without starting rich and without disappearing the moment things get difficult.
Thank you to the few who saw it. Thank you to everyone who stayed. Thank you.
I do not feel comfortable saying this, but if anyone wants to support what I am doing, what I have done, and what I still plan to do, you will find the linktree with the SOL wallet in the bio to donate.
No one has to. Anyone can.
Thank you.
