I need the community's help.
RocketScan is at risk of shutting down within the next week if we can't find a way to cover infrastructure costs. I want to be straight with you about what's happening and ask for your input on where we go from here.
What's going on
You've probably noticed tokens are now taking minutes to appear instead of the sub-second latency you're used to. The cause is Helius. They've restructured how they bill WebSocket connections, and real-time on-chain monitoring through them has become prohibitively expensive at our usage level. We've been running degraded to keep the lights on, but that's not the product I want to ship to you, and it's not sustainable.
Where we are
Our Meteora Grant funding reached the eand of its runway about 2 months ago. I've been funding RocketScan personally and building it part-time. Without a change, I can keep it alive for roughly another week. After that, I'll have to take it offline.
Three paths I see
1. Small user fee a low monthly subscription (think the price of a coffee) to cover infra and keep the free tier alive for casual users.
2. Launch a RocketScan token fees from the token fund operations. I'd only do this with one of the Meteora launch partners, but would need help from someone with experience to do this right.
3. Community funding round a one-time top-up from users who want to keep the tool alive, in exchange for something meaningful (lifetime access, early features, etc.).
4. Something Else?
Shutting down is the default if none of these land. I'd rather not get there.
What I'm asking
Any help, suggestions or advice on how we keep RocketScan alive and get it cooking again!
@met_lparmy@MeteoraInside@MeteoraEco@MeteoraAG@0xSoju@0xmiir@_mythicalpotato@NaojNc@fomomofosol@OttoCatalytic
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