@jringo, I appreciate the hard work you've put into engaging with the recently proposed marketing initiative. However, I'm inclined to agree with @vortac that '26% on marketing' is actually a reasonable figure given the present state of Gridcoin and the crypto market as a whole. Every day more and more people are heavily investing in crypto, and we want to attract those people to Gridcoin first before they buy into other coins. Doing so will likely increase the number of developers and the funds available to disburse them.

I agree that development should be our foremost concern. After all, we are here to realize our (various) visions for the potential of Gridcoin to transform blockchain technology and computational science, not to inflate Gridcoin's value by placing all of our energies into attracting new users. However, based on the above comments by myself and @vortac, I find the current marketing initiative supports the focus on development and organic growth rather than betrays it.