RE: Gridcoin, where it goes from here
hmm, you are right @hotbit but I don't see it that way,
we have first every cryptonote that has a stable price, not due to ICO's nor private funds, but due to open-source work and the premise what it could become. It's actually the clear vision what makes GRC worth something. That vision was obviously good enough to compensate all the troubles with developer discrepancies etc.
Boinc is a key here. While connections are not so tight, it's good enough that we have Boinc as an Open Source platform.
To get into a mainstream and close the eco system, all we have to do is make a place where someone can deploy his WU and be charged for it.
That money can be used to pay developers, promotion and all the other aspects of running one OpenSource based entity smoothly.
This will radically change things from your third point (transactions to and from) into many.
Personally, foundation yes - team gridcoin is already kind of foundation (with it's troubles), company not.
And I found this "foundation" is a nice one, even with all the troubles. At least, it ready to do something altruistic.
Try sending an email to each of Sparc key people asking for a dollar....not sure about the outcome :)
This can be as simple as setting up a umbrella boinc project, providing tech support and charging for the added value.
I am totally in that we try to setup this. For the start, a deployment of VM instances would be a huge step. What we earn from there, we can put straight into development. I'm on slack now, @tomasbrod or anyone interested in setting up such project can count on me, but although I can put both resources and man power, but can't do it alone without more experienced gridcoiners at least for the guidance. I'll think of it a bit more and present once I have something in hand, even in very early stage.