# Some questions regarding the economic sustainability of Algorand

I've been following the Foundation’s recent announcements – the move to the US, the for-profit structure, the board revamp. But these changes raise more questions than they answer about the protocol’s long-term economic model.

Below is an open letter I wrote to Staci Warden, based on the Foundation…

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# C# support for Algorand

I cannot speak for community and predict how it will go but from personal perspective: YES a proposal around 100-120k will totally make sense for C# SDK work.

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# xGov Registry v3.0.0

I was just throwing out a number, it’s completely arbitrary.

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# xGov Council Meeting #9 (January 7th, 2026)

Thanks [@scholtz](https://forum.algorand.co/u/scholtz) for the thoughtful breakdown and for keeping the conversation constructive. It’s valuable to hear the proposer’s side directly.

The low engagement in discussion phase was likely to holiday timing playing a big role. Many xGovs (including some very large ones) simply didn’t engage due…

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# AlgoFaucet • Sustainable Public Faucet for Algorand Mainnet

Thank you for the feedback. AVM Gas Station is a solution for project owners to sponsor their users’ transactions. AlgoFaucet serves a complementary but different purpose:

- AVM Gas Station: Project owners fund their own users’ transactions
- AlgoFaucet: Public good providing free ALGO to anyone on Mainnet.

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# xGov v2.0.0 is now on mainnet

xGov v2.0.0 release is now on mainnet, and proposals are now unpaused.
Here are the main changes:

- The minimum cap has been raised to 5 K Algo.
- The maximum cap has been raised to 300 K Algo.
- Voting sessions are now set to two weeks for all proposal sizes.

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# xGov news - FAQ

The parameters regarding the schedule are listed in the following document, so please refer to it:
[Configuration Document](https://algorandfoundation.github.io/xgov-beta-sc/implementation/configuration.html)
Regarding the total amount in the treasury, the announcement at the top of the forum mentions that the 2026 budget …

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# xGov Platform - Beta Testnet Launch

Great news! xGov is now live on the public testnet. We encourage you to explore it and share your feedback in this thread.
[Explore Testnet](https://testnet.xgov.algorand.co)
Testing Parameters: Ensure your wallet is configured for testnet.

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# xGov Liquidity Deployment, Request for Feedback

I have an idea. What if this proposal is not prefunded, and Vote Coin DAO has to put its own algos to the liquidity for the 3 months. This way the vote coin dao will bear the risk of the assets in the proposal go to zero, there will be clear deliverability and after the 3 months the vote coin dao will be able to control the flow.

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# xGov News and Feedback

We’re far from an investment grant program. This one, at least now, is to fund smaller amounts.
Also, best to quote the full statement 😜

This is the context for having things as they are right now, agreeing that we can look at how it can be improved after the launch.