I don't disagree with you, I'm just trying to point out that expecting to get a decent salary from an open source project can be tough. Darkwallet is just proof of that, and compared to other examples it has received somewhat decent amounts of money from crowdfunding.
Correct... but it also represents one of the more important projects for bitcoin. Even developers like Gavin stress the need for at least 3 full implementations or stacks for security and decentralization to make bitcoin a healthy ecosystem. Libbitcoin represents the second fully independent stack besides Bitcoin Core, bitcoinj and btcd. All other implementations represent partial stacks. Since Darkwallet depends upon Libbitcoin those two projects are intrinsically tied together.
I was just taken back by your suggestion that darkwallet developers were paying themselves 150 dollars an hour when they technically are taking a salary in food and many are homeless.
Libbitcoin is perhaps the most important alternative implementation as it represents work done by those who are more privacy conscientious.
Darkwallet/Libbitcoin needs a good million dollars in fundraising like open bazaar which is unlikely based upon the politics espoused by the developers. The irony is that most the openbazaar devs hold the same views philosophically but have chosen to be less vocal and political. What is up for debate is the effectiveness of being bold, honest, and direct when it comes to completing a project but I see value in both approaches personally.
