Just wanted to have a place to brainstorm random ideas I get relating to this.

Inflation

With how much mana we are printing, need to have a way to claw some of it back/print less.

We should establish a ratio that we should aim for btwn mana printed and mana purchased and make sure we do not exceed it.

Purchase Mana to donation rate

Need to make donating to charity cost slightly more than purchase to cover cost of transaction fees, operational costs, and free mana generated. This way we can also offer subscriptions at a 1:1 to one time purchases of mana and it be profitable.

I would suggest making it so 10 to 9 (every 100 mana, 90 cents donated).

Alternatively we just remove donations entirely once our grant runs out but occasionally we can partner with charities to run events that allow users to redeem some of their mana for charitable donations.

Other ways to monetise

Subscriptions

There should be different tiers

The lowest tier should give a small amount of mana monthly at the usual 1:1 rate with other perks that are low cost to Manifold. This way it seems to be a lot of value and there is no reason to opt for a one time purchase of mana over a subscription.

Tier 1:

$2.50 a month