Ask HN: To Sunset or Not to Sunset..?
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Nobody will work for you for free. It’d be better and more fun to work on their own project. HN isn’t exactly full of crypto enthusiasts either.
If you don’t enjoy working on it any more, I advise you to stop doing so.
If you don’t enjoy working on it any more, I advise you to stop doing so.
Sadly a regular 'looking for cofounder' thread never took off https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring There've been individual users who started such threads every other month. Single submissions rarely receive enough upvotes. You could try a Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/show) submission since the website is usable, it's more than a landing or waiting list page and then mention you're looking for help as the first comment.
Thanks I might just do that. I appreciate your honesty.
So I have never actually posted on HN however I have been a reader for many years. My time, however, has come to ask a question and potentially some advice or support.
I'm a bit of a project addict, although I have always been in employment my whole career I am constantly coming up with ideas and trying my hardest to push them out there into real business models. It's a passion and a hobby of mine, my current employer is fully aware of my "side hustles" and most managers I have worked with in my career have always been welcoming as these side projects tend to really stretch our knowledge. I am sure I am not alone.
Now, the problem I currently face is about one of my projects under the guise of The Night Project (https://www.thenightproject.com)
Like all projects, I tend to stumble at the point of financials (funding) or resources (people) - And sadly this project I am about to share with you is no exception.
Crypto Dip is something I started earlier in the year and have been working on and off to get to a nice live and steady state to really push. It has been welcomed in all of the channels I have shared it, however, there is some farce competition. Sadly, I am starting to fall behind and the competitors who clearly have thousands of users already are starting to implement the same features I have endeavoured to push.
Crypto Dip, does not exactly bring anything unique, a lot of platforms offer the same. But the focus was always on education and simplicity. Bringing new people into the crypto world.
Anyway, I waffle (as always) - Please check out the website (WIP) and also the WhitePaper:
- Website: https://cryptodip.net
- WhitePaper: https://cryptodip.net/static/CryptoDip%20-%20WhitePaper.pdf
What I really need for CryptoDip to really be something is help, actual physical engineering help from people who want to have a slice of the cake. And I mean an even share in the project and it's Token holdings to help me push this over the finishing line.
What I am looking for from the community is the following:
- Should I sunset this and focus on personal life and other matters I have at hand.
- Should I look to diversify the project and take on some other engineers, sadly I can not pay, but I can offer token share and project equity share.
- Should I sunset the project and cut my losses, I've put a few thousand into this project thus far not to mention the engineering time.
This project came up mid way through working on a game and sadly I think if I didn't do this project I would have the Game live, which to me is a much more exciting thing to be working on.
If anyone is interested please reach out to me, Discord is probably the best place (https://discord.gg/aQrPxfF2)
I am looking for any experience or budding Python Engineers with some micro service experience who would really like to help take this to the next level. If I am unable to find the help then I think the time will have come to sunset the project and archive the codebase.
Thank you :bow: