How do you justify the amount relative to the other amounts requested by proposals that are for payout to individuals for contribution? (not payouts to something like the one to burn extra funds) Most proposals I saw by core developers are on the magnitude of 200-300HBD while yours is asking for 500HBD. Even peakd only requests 395HBD. I dont believe I saw this addressed in the proposal or asked in @belemo's post.

EDIT: for additional thoughts -

1. I think talking about your proposal in total sum is a bad idea, talk about the payout per day and its size relative to other core proposal rewards that are comparable to yours.
2. Assure the community that this includes your continued work on hive or clarify that it doesnt. I believe a lot of blow back is this is for "past" work. Maybe, you did clarify this in your proposal but it did not pop out at me from what I recall. So the people that glance your proposal most likely wont catch it either, hence adding more fuel to the fire this is sparking.
3. I personally believe you have a solid case to have a proposal pass, though as pointed out, I think how much and the way it was communicated/stipulated is the root issue to hammer out with the public consciousness.