how many high stakeholders believe in this chain of events? really believe in it? how much steem would be needed to get the high end coders? if all of them really believe could we do a donation system test, and when it proves that it is working and moves steem up the list and up in the price than we could hardfork it to continue supporting the good work.
in yours 30cents - 10dolars example, if big stakeholders really believe in it, by donating 20.000 steem whales could gather 200k $ for development. in you example what is better for stakeholder with 1.000.000 steem. 980.000 steem worth 10$ or 1.000.000 worth 0.3$?
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Donations may work, I certainly won't sit here and assert they won't, I just think they are less likely to fund something powerful and meaningful.
But I get your point, I guess I would like to think that the world is a little more long term thinking, more altruistic, but it's not the reality I observe. However, this is one of those instances when I would love to be wrong.
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i know that donations would not work in the long run. HardForking 20% from all authors on a guess (can't find a better word) is a bit to much. That system needs to show users that it will make steem progress, then it will have no problem to get support. Now it sounds like "we need to take so we would have money for projects" what are the projects, how will them make steem go up on the list, who will do it. well we don't know but we are sure that some great people will show up when there is 200k $ on the table.