Hi All, Very much appreciated, and I’ll absolutely get a Monero address up, I just need a few days to set it up and consider all of the security implications. I’ll update the site and send a further mail once I have that ready.
Thanks again YP > On 14 Dec 2017, at 15:28, Lukas Kubicek <mujs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi yeastplume, > > fantastic news, I will donate what I can. > > Would you please consider adding Monero address for donations? > I think there are two good reasons for having it: > 1. Currently large fees on btc make it impractical for smaller donations. > 2. Some Grin friends are also friends of Monero, both privacy focused, > grass roots projects, donating in xmr might be more attractive for > this community. If you add monero address, I will donate some. > > If you need any help with setting that up, I will be glad help you. > You can even make the "viewkey" public, so the balance of your monero > address is transparent for anybody to see. > > Cheers > urza > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Yeastplume <yeastpl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I just wanted to add a thanks to Igno and everyone who’s been involved in >> MW/Grin so far for this opportunity. Grin is one of the most exciting >> projects I’ve ever had the good fortune to work on. Though many contributors >> choose to remain hidden, it’s clear that all of the people behind this >> project bring impressive amounts of technical and academic knowledge matched >> with experience and professionalism that, (in my measured opinion), give the >> project a much-better-than-average chance of being successful. I’m humbled >> to be allowed to be a part of it, and will be continuing to contribute >> regardless of the outcome of this funding experiment. >> >> I’m also ecstatic to see there have already been donations made. Thanks to >> those brave pioneers, and I also want to point out that I’ll be starting a >> ‘Friends of Grin’ page (for lack of a better title for now, on which >> individuals or entities who donate or sponsor (above a modest threshold, >> currently undefined) can optionally choose to have themselves or their logos >> listed. If you’re donating and are interested in appearing here, please let >> me know. >> >> Also (provided this works out,) I intend to start a blog through which I can >> provide the community with updates on what I’m working on, as well as try to >> provide some general insight on why I’m doing what I’m doing. It important >> that the community knows what donations are going towards, but I’d also like >> to use opportunity to offer a bit more value. For instance, instead of >> saying something like ‘I worked on integrating Schnorr signatures,’ I’d much >> rather provide some overview on what Schnorr signatures are exactly, why I’m >> working on the them, and what their benefit to/impact on Grin will be. It >> should make for more interesting reading, as well as (hopefully) provide >> some general-knowledge overviews of concepts and terms that get thrown >> around a lot but are rarely explained. >> >> So thanks again, and apologies in advance for any cap-in-hand type behaviour >> from us as we do this, but soliciting community donations are really the >> least-worst option to progress Grin/MW development while keeping it free of >> undue influence. There’s no doubt that it would be nice to be able to trade >> in the day job for work I feel passionate about (for a while, anyhow), but I >> see this as taking on a responsibility to the community and to the project >> rather than just another source of contract work. I hope that what starts as >> a humble campaign to fund me for a while turns into a proper project >> bootstrapping effort, and I will be working beyond just the coding to try >> and raise awareness and grow the project’s profile. >> >> Please have a read through the funding principles if you can, and any >> feedback on them is welcome. I’m available on Gitter whenever I’m awake. >> >> http://grin-tech.org/funding.html >> >> YP >> >> On 13 Dec 2017, at 22:13, Ignotus Peverell <igno.pever...@protonmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> We need your help. The new funding page explains why and our values better >> than I could here, so please have a look: >> >> http://grin-tech.org/funding.html >> >> Our first ask is for Yeastplume, who has been doing an outstanding job on >> the project for over 6 months now and has done so in addition of a $DAYJOB >> and a family. He's been the first to contribute large chunks of >> functionality, and his continued help has been invaluable. I'm looking >> forward to have more of him around. >> >> http://grin-tech.org/yeastplume.html >> >> This is our first try at fundraising and we also hope to learn from this >> experiment and improve. If this is successful, we do not expect to have >> additional campaigns for a few months, and neither I nor Antioch need money >> for the time being. >> >> Please relay this far and wide to every individual or company you know that >> is interested in grin and could help us, either directly donating or helping >> with the fundraising. 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