Not that my vote changes gov outcomes, but I’ll be voting YES on this.
As both @Carter_Lee_Woetzel and @CuriousJ have said above - Hydro has definitely managed to generate excitement and utility for ATOM, much to the tireless efforts of @Thyborg and @btruax (Brian is literally glued to his desk, 20 hours a day, making Hydro better!!)**
Excluding the “Hydro Ecosystem Grants” budget, the ask of $850k is completely reasonable, for what is effectively the only first-party app for ATOM.
As Carter said, reframe the ask to “how much value can Hydro provide”:
As for the Hydro Ecosystem Grants budget - I also think this is entirely reasonable. In my last few weeks at AADAO, while not directly involved, I have listened to discussions around the Hydro-related grant applications (that @CuriousJ mentioned above). For Hydro to grow and thrive, we need an ecosystem of tooling, apps and Hydro-adjacent products to come about, and a small grants budget can go a long way to incentivize builders to build on Hydro.
** I want to also give a shout-out to @arlai-mk and @agent.kwosh, who’ve been supporting users on the Hydro Pilot Telegram group. I’m sadly still not a Hydro user (missed the window to get in…TWICE!), but that group is active af, and those 2 are definitely on top of the conversations there.