$60K is not an expensive salary. This has nothing to do with the US but with the field in general. This is actually a very low ask. Finding a different qualified, experienced and trustworthy person to do the job he’s proposing at this cost would be near impossible in the crypto space.

This is not accurate. It will cost a lot more than this to finish Soulkeep, and a LOT more to develop a quality mobile app. I mean finishing Rebellion (which had a lot of work already done) cost $250K.

I don’t understand why people are so hung up on this. Go ahead and propose whatever you want if you really feel it’s important. Be aware that ‘headhunting’ to fill a position is a VERY expensive and time consuming process. DO you expect to lay that responsibility on Matt? The team? Do you want to distract them from delivering for SPL right now?
Clay came up with the idea and proposed it as such. Matt liked it enough to make the proposal himself. The term ‘if the shoe fits…’ comes to mind.
Hiring Clay would be one less (and very large) concern for Matt to be distracted by.

Community evaluation by performance. We’ll see how this goes and what value we get out of it. If the community feels he’s not doing what is expected the contract can be terminated at any point.

It’s literally proposed that monthly termination option is part of the contract itself.

Has a lot of statements as opposed to questions, but the reasons the position is important have been widely discussed for the past week. I’d also suggest watching Aftersound’s interview with Clay for insight into this question:

The DAO approved funds to be used for exchange listing when the right opportunity was presented. Thus far this has not happened, and it’s great to see we did not just waste that money simply because it had been earmarked for that purpose.
The rest of this question is definitely important and not my place to answer, but understand that this job goes far beyond just listing. But he does have experience working and communicating with exchanges, which is actually very hard to do. Just trying to communicate with exchanges regarding basic customer service can be incredibly difficult. Having lines of communication already open is a major asset. And he’s also in a unique position to dive right in w/out draining time and energy from the company by having to be ‘brought up to speed’ as would be required of a new hire from outside.