Sorry to bring back an old thread but we noticed this was being discussed in the ENS forum and thought it might be relevant. The discussion itself is still in its early stages but we think it’s worth keeping an eye on in the context of @Arbitrum’s recent comment.
We’re not sure that this kind of program would be appropriate for all the kinds of tooling people might want to build, so it might be something to experiment with in addition to our normal funding mechanisms.