It is why there are now so many ICO's.
I don't recall him asking to get paid, other than reminding everyone that he feels he was taken by Cryptsy, but then again so were many people. Is that the issue?? He doesn't feel appreciated? I don't have an issue with contributing to a fund, but the work would need to be done first (Whatever that may be) As i don't think people should get paid for saying they will do something and not doing it..
I won't go into Thunder's personal business, because it's personal, but I do know he's been struggling for some time. Had a lot of eggs in the 'tek' basket, and lost them on cryptsy. He's also prone to biting comments before coffee
Seriously, though, I'm not sure what innovations 'should' be made to TEK. It works. I'm more of the opinion that social outlets and drives for adoption of the coin are of more value. It's one of the first high POS coins, and after all these years, it still works good. A couple of problems along the way, which were fixed. Possibly a bit of a facelift to the wallet might be in order, but I can't really see ANYTHING wrong with the function of the coin that hasn't already been addressed.
What I think would do more good is if some of us were to buy and sell goods and services priced in TEK. I'm not sure where to start on that, but I can think of at least one market where it might be doable with minimal resources: Crafts. Hand made cutesy shit sells at ridiculous markup in fiat, why not TEK?