I stopped watching the treasury after I got shit canned by theymos.  One of or possibly the last comment I made about it was that I felt myself and others were significantly overpaid and suggested we take an 80% reduction in treasurer payouts in order to keep the forum's cash flow responsible.  What do I know though...  I was the guy who thought the forum wanted a few million extra dollars by claiming airdrops and was then vilified for it.  I assume that the financial situation is still fine, but it seems rather obvious that the whole 1 BTC equals 1 BTC standard that is being attempted here is at the detriment of the forum's savings.

I think reducing the treasurer payouts and using some of those funds to distribute to those sending merit (not just merit sources) via the lightning network would be a positive advancement for the site, would give a use case for the lightning network, and would spur lightning adoption among forum users.  I think the payouts should be so small and widespread that it would be considered hobby income or donations to avoid having to collect personal information on everyone while also not giving much incentive to try and cheat the system.  Maybe more merit sources would want to step forward and the merits currently being distributed to merit sources could be reduced and spread out to more longtime trustworthy members as well.  Would be fun.