Thanks Kevin! I got to chat with the Octant team in depth during FTC and SP. It seems their 100k staked eth gives 400 ETH every 90 days, which is a hefty amount indeed towards continuous public good funding.
I do see some possible collaboration with Octant (joint staking pool?), while still keeping in mind our separate goals with community staking - improving sybil defense and providing a constant drip for projects to perpetually sustain themselves in low power mode.