Hi all,
Thanks for everyone who participated! We're now well past our goal of 2.5 BTC
and that only in a couple days. I think it's important to contrast altruistic
donations to an open source project and tokens investments where returns are
expected. Our campaign was clearly the former and your generosity by far
exceeded my expectations. So my deepest gratitude goes to Andy Bellenie,
Catheryne, Daniel, Jameson and everyone else who donated anonymously.
Let's also not forget everyone freely contributing their time to this project.
If you haven't checked gitter yet, I encourage you to pop in just to appreciate
the level of activity and how we're all helping each other to see this through.
Finally, we're here for the long haul with a large vision. Right now, we're
gearing toward testnet2 and a feature set much closer to what grin should be.
Then mainnet, which is just the beginning. We'll have to foster a diverse
community (reaching out to women, as Catheryne pointed out) and develop an
ecosystem of developers, startups and users of all kinds. More of your time,
energy and generosity will be necessary. So bear with us, I assure you the
journey is going to be fantastic!
- Igno
P.S. I did contact the pinapple fund, however I'm sure they're a little
inundated.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Grin Donation
> Local Time: 16 December 2017 6:48 PM
> UTC Time: 16 December 2017 18:48
> From: hjalmar.pet...@gmx.de
> To: mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net
>
> Hi,
>
> maybe it’s worthwhile to reach out to https://pineapplefund.org for future
> support.
>
> The guy behind it once created his own cryptocurrency and intends to donate,
> among others, to open source projects.
>
> See also
> https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/meet-pine-bitcoin-philanthropist-who-set-85-million-pineapple-fund
>
> Hjalmar
>
> Von: Mimblewimble
> [mailto:mimblewimble-bounces+hjalmar.peters=gmx...@lists.launchpad.net] Im
> Auftrag von Yeastplume
> Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Dezember 2017 13:11
> An: Jameson Lopp
> Cc: dt...@kyokan.io; mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net
> Betreff: Re: [Mimblewimble] Grin Donation
>
> Dan, Jameson,
>
> Big thanks to both of you, very much appreciated. I've started the 'Friends
> of Grin' page and put it up here: http://grin-tech.org/friends.html. Jameson,
> please let me know if you'd like to go on there, and same for anyone else
> who's donated.
>
> I'm going to leave the address up a little while longer before officially
> closing this campaign, but I'm absolutely astounded how quickly this went.
> Thank you all again, and I look forward to putting these funds to the best
> possible use.
>
> YP
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Jameson Lopp <jameson.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We're almost at the goal of 2.5 BTC; I'm pleased to push us over the finish
> line!
> https://blockchain.info/tx/ddd40febafd9955b4fa24e5d03ead9b658683ec6e8331bc555fa65bec88d13c6
>
> - Jameson
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Sze-Hung Daniel Tsui <danielt...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> YP,
>
> Pleased to see how well the funding campaign is going. Following Catheryne's
> strong lead here and sending a similar donation on behalf of
> [Kyokan](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> . Sent you tx details on Gitter.
>
> [ ](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> [Cheers,](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> [Dan](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> [ ](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> [ ](https://kyokan.io/)
>
> [On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:23 PM Yeastplume <yeastpl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:](https://kyokan.io/)
>
>> [Hi Catheryne,](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [On behalf of myself and the project, thank you very much for this generous
>> donation. We’ll absolutely get BlockCypher's logo up on the donation page
>> (with the added honour that it’ll be the first one to go there).
>> ](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [I am with you on reaching out to women, but I have to admit my only actions
>> towards it thus far have been trying to get my older daughter properly
>> engaged with computing. If you have the time, I’d be really happy to hear
>> any ideas you might have for us in that regard.](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [Thank you again,](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [YP](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com
>>
>> [On 14 Dec 2017, at 19:53, Catheryne Nicholson <cather...@blockcypher.com>
>> wrote:](mailto:yeastpl...@gmail.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [We love what you're doing and we support
>> you.](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [BlockCypher will be sending ~0.5 BTC to contribute to Yeastplume's effort.
>> Additionally, please reach out to me if you do not reach your raise
>> goal.](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [Here's the hash of the exact amount that I'll initiate in a few minutes (as
>> you all know, it may take a while to confirm):
>> ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [e1085f85f563ac3ce65eaa126abdea45fd52db48520cc776fafb335d32ed81ce](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [Not required, but if you're so inclined, we'd love to have BlockCypher's
>> logo on the donation page to show our public support for this project.
>> ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [Personally, I highly encourage you to reach out to women and include them
>> early on in this project. You'll have some of the strongest advocates on
>> your side.](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [-- ](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [Best,](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [Catheryne Nicholson
>> CEO and Founder, BlockCypher](mailto:cather...@blockcypher.com)
>>
>> [ ](http://www.blockcypher.com/)
>>
>> [[Das Bild wurde vom Absender entfernt.]ᐧ](http://www.blockcypher.com/)
>>
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