Further to that suggestion, how about making posts about your @german-trail work on your own account @uwelang ? That seems more direct and honest to me. You can also ask for tips to your personal account for your personal gain. There is nothing wrong with this as it's totally up front and fair.

If trails want to be transparent they should keep their transactions on the blockchain completely and not trade elsewhere. This makes everything traceable. Using decline payout is a moral decision really, to not profit from others' work.

The question is, does the trail need funds? And if so, what for? @instructor2121 talks about building websites elsewhere but this is not transparent and requires that thing which blockchains are great at operating without - trust.