I thought Dash got very wealth backers. Does DCR have any?
In addition to the premine, the devs get a subsidy on each block mined. So its self funded, sort of.
Since the subsidy is not like a premine that devs can dump and flee, but is paid on each block, there is an incentive for the coin to do well and keep doing well for years
The devs do NOT get a subsity every block...
The development organization does, which is moving to decentralized control. The organization (decred) funds itself.