Do you remember

Catallax - A Protocol for Pseudonymous Contract Work Economies

Catallax is an open protocol that enables pseudonymous contract work economies. It runs over Nostr, Bitcoin and Cashu ecash for censorship-resistan...

? It's just that wearing a different disguise. It's permissionless crowdfunding, where a (trusted) third party holds the funds and disperses them as the project is completed to satisfaction. (hint: that "trusted third party" can also just be the person doing the project, if contributors trust him enough directly)

That's fucking awesome!!!