FIP: Opportunity For Another Consensus · farcasterxyz protocol · Discussion #257

A hybrid model combining a protocol treasury with optional validator cost-cover fees is proposed as a robust, low-risk alternative. A fixed share of Pro subscriptions, 30% in the example, would fund a treasury distributed monthly to active validators according to the read/write traffic they serve and a cryptographic check that they store all data. Validators could also charge minimal micro-payment fees for complex or high-volume writes, mainly paid by commercial applications or bots, while regular users would pay nothing for normal actions. The proposal claims this would be sustainable, fair, and resistant to capture by a single entity.