Meeting living costs and striking a balance does not = reward, it = survival
I for one could not give up my 'day-job' to pursue my speculation for reward, as much as I would like to!
I feel the same but our notion of reward differs. The reward for me is to create a day job for myself and others doing something with merit.
The plan was to balance time to enable this, the project demands more than I can give for a short time.
Which do I let slip? my family, my paid work (also my family), or bitmark?
Without a little bit of help here it will have to be bitmark, as much as I love everything we do here, I have asked my family to make enough concessions, I cannot ask them not to eat.
Let us not forget that the rewards for anybody who helps, and who is involved and acquiring bitmarks, are potentially far greater.