Pledged funds returned if funding goal not obtained. Milestones voted upon for new funds to be released - or just multi-stage projects.
Big bounties paid here: https://hackenproof.com/
This Bounty site should be good for getting long-tail coins off the ground - get a buch of cool/useful apps developed so the underlying coins can go viral. Have some coins in your back pocket too.
Bitcoin and Ethereum are silly to use if you're smart and want to make an impact on the price. Leave those to the banking mafia. Although any apps will probably be replicated to them if they're successful and especially if open-source. At least there's a head start. That said, EVM is compatible to multiple chains.
Checkout rofl.app platform (Oasis) - only because it's new and being hyped right now. There are other ones too, obviously.
In my previous comment, I suggest 2 ideas in the areas of localized prediction markets and rentals in the Access Economy. Gambling and predictions are different things although there is overlap. Predictions can be used to bring focus to new narratives. That's powerful. The observer can also influence the observed.
Life is going to get a lot harder for many as inequality increases, but that belief doesn't have to be set in stone.