Looks like Gitea might be turning to cryptocurrency nonsense in the near future.
"To preserve the community aspect of Gitea we are experimenting with creating a decentralized autonomous organization where contributors would receive benefits based on their participation such as from code, documentation, translations, and perhaps even assisting individual community members with support questions."
https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/open-source-sustainment-and-the-future-of-gitea/