I wouldn't argue or doubt this cos most of their promotions and giveaways have been in real fiat other than their tokens. These are stuffs most projects don't consider. I've won some project contest that became completely useless cos I couldn't cashout in real fiat.
Like they said, its a fund for your project not just a reward. Its a gift to the winners so they could go on and make their dreams come true. Its not money for their purse or a free gift or money they could invest in a different project not even in Dreamr.
So I guess this has to be in some easily liquidated currency. And bitcoin would do that better than gift cards would.
You would agree with me that bitcoin is highly volatile. I understand that it's the most valuable cryptocurrency and dreamr is a blockchain inspired project, but giving out bitcoin may not achieve the intended purpose owing to the volatility of the currency. I would stand with the team for their decision to give gifts cards as against bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies