I've covered this in the above post and why tracking progress is a bit more difficult. I am working on a better way to do so.

As far as past work, I'm not entirely sure what the issue is there? I did work, work no one else was doing and work that was vital to be done. I state I will continue doing such work.

We have no Steemit inc now and things need to be done for the core of Hive, we have developers and others working on many aspects and are/will be seeing proposals for work completed as well as work to be done.

The idea that this is a bill without a contract is not really how any of this works and this is blockchain and crypto, not normal business.. things work differently.

My proposal isn't a bill, it's a proposal for accomplishments done.. which imo saved the community money, and work to be accomplished. Many stakeholders knew I was doing the work, so it's not as if I just sprung this on people.

If the community was not aware, yes I need to improve upon communication of work going forward.

This isn't a bill, I expect nothing. It's a proposal that, if stakeholders feel is worth supporting, they can do so. The option of partial payment is also an option (which I cover in another comment).

I think most of the negative response is due to thinking I'm asking to be paid for tweeting and spreading the word, when in fact my work was very very different. This post is to help clarify that aspect.

I fully respect people not agreeing with the amount and support them in voicing that.