Did it not occur to them that there are not many people who want to donate to the project except for those people controlling it? Those miners that support this want
all miners to
donate. Why not donate their owns coins directly without this softfork and leave the other miners alone?
Miners on the Bitcoin Cash network appear to be preparing a plan to finance the protocol’s development using their own block rewards. The controversial plan would see 12.5 percent of the total BCH coinbase go towards those building on the network.
Those behind the plan say that it is impossible for developers to work without financing. They reason that existing solutions to the problem present their own problems.Read in full https://www.newsbtc.com/2020/01/22/bitcoin-cash-miners-preparing-controversial-miner-tax-to-reward-devs/
