nadspoly

... in the Western countries.

Maybe the pandemic made people realise affording food and stuff for your work is nice but open source doesn't come near that except a lucky few.

Unless you're in a country that literally outlawed any form of crypto you must have some sort of local company/exchange that would take your money so you can trade. You just have to look for it.

You're not gonna like it but I think buying crypto might provide this. Many projects/teams/small startups provide the equivalent of equity via their tokens. Investing in those is a bit like providing seed funds.

Of course, tons of scams, but there's some real projects out there too.