0xfce18c40…18dfsent to0x8ae9de8c…2b6a·#4,632,748·view on Etherscan
I've double-checked the commit and burn times, and by 1 week after commitment, Worker had not delivered the work. Worker could have easily written down the time of commitment; "timezone confusion" is a poor excuse. Worker also could have posted some sort of proof of progress, or even a statement apologizing for being late--in either case I'd have either burned a small "warning" amount or even moved the deadline with no burn at all, depending. But with no update at all, combined with the very lazy interpretation of the original request at first, the best assumption was that the work would not be completed. This is why I burned the payment.
Having said all of that, Worker did indeed provide the service. Ignoring the deadline, it meets all my requirements and is even artistically impressive. Seeing the completed product, I'm reluctant to leave Worker at a loss. But at the same time, I've already spent 0.5 ETH, and I'm reluctant to spend *further* ether.
I'm going to add 0.2 ETH to the payment and release it. 0.1 from the service deposit, and an additional 0.1 for project costs. On one hand, I thank Worker for the service. But I want to stress that I'm spending an additional 0.2 ETH that I had not planned to.