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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Appa on May 06, 2012, 04:58 am

Title: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Appa on May 06, 2012, 04:58 am
While installing the latest bundle, I noticed the "donate" section, and thought I'd investigate if they took BTC.  Their site (here: torproject.org/donate/donate.html.en) says, "Instead of donating bitcoins to Tor, please consider a donation to Torservers.net, which will turn your bitcoin donation into a faster, larger Tor Network for all."

That's something I think we can all agree is worth financing.  If you have a few coins to spare, and you've already tossed some in the wallets of the forum mods, consider donating to them to TorServers.  Their help keep this place running.
More info about TorServers from their site:
"We are a registered charitable non-profit organization based in Germany. All donations will be used in accordance to our statute to advance secure communications for the general public. If you donate more than $50 monthly, you are entitled to get your very own Tor exit node: Contact us and we'll set up a node carrying a name of your choice, with a custom info page (if desired)!"

TorServer's wallet address is:
19y5GzcpMyfYLpYCtKQ9Po9UjYJGoGG28c
(don't just take my word for it, you don't know me; proof of this address and the above information at: torservers.net/donate.html)
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: philter3 on May 06, 2012, 07:07 am
+1
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: vlad1m1r on May 07, 2012, 07:02 am
Good man Appa, I just sent a few BTC their way! :-)

V.
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: anarcho47 on May 07, 2012, 07:26 am
Always a good idea.  Think of it as pitching in to keep our street quality up in this anarcho-capitalist corner of the webs.

Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Appa on May 07, 2012, 11:51 pm
Good man Appa, I just sent a few BTC their way! :-)

Fantastic, I'm glad I could inspire that!


Always a good idea.  Think of it as pitching in to keep our street quality up in this anarcho-capitalist corner of the webs.

Exactly!
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: _M4LW4R3_ on May 08, 2012, 12:00 am
with the privacy invasions in the us and uk these days its more important than ever to keep the project going
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Bridgehead on May 08, 2012, 09:04 am
(don't just take my word for it, you don't know me; proof of this address and the above information at: torservers.net/donate.html)

Donating to the Tor Servers project is NOT donating to the TOR Project, nor it's development.  The Tor Project won't see a penny of this money.  Tor Servers is a completely separate project that purportedly helps increase the bandwidth of the Tor service, and nothing more.

The Tor Project, interestingly enough, does not accept bitcoin donations.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Appa on May 09, 2012, 11:55 pm
Donating to the Tor Servers project is NOT donating to the TOR Project, nor it's development.  The Tor Project won't see a penny of this money.  Tor Servers is a completely separate project that purportedly helps increase the bandwidth of the Tor service, and nothing more.

The Tor Project, interestingly enough, does not accept bitcoin donations.

Yeah, I thought that would be obvious from my OP.  I even included the quote from the Tor Project's site, where they ask that you donate BTC to Tor Servers.  I guess a more accurate title would have been "Consider donating to help keep Tor running smoothly."
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Trippyskies on May 10, 2012, 08:26 am
Thanks for the heads up on this shit. When my pin is reset, I'll send them a little.  I'm poor, can't afford much, but I adore tor.

Trippyskies + Tor = Love
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: vlad1m1r on May 22, 2012, 11:22 pm
I have just donated my spare Bitcoin change to the Torservers project and don't need to tell you all how vital it is, I would urge you all to give what you can.

V.
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Limetless on May 22, 2012, 11:26 pm
I'm a big fan of the whole "Mod donation" thing....but hey....that's just me... :P
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: vlad1m1r on May 22, 2012, 11:28 pm
Do you think it would be safe to put a wallet address in your signature? Perhaps it's too much of a giveaway given that it'll be associated with your user ID? :-D

V.

I'm a big fan of the whole "Mod donation" thing....but hey....that's just me... :P
Title: Re: Not sure what to do with your spare coins? Consider donating to Tor!
Post by: Limetless on May 22, 2012, 11:40 pm
Lol I actually would but 1. I don't have any space left and 2. I can't be arsed with any of that "Oh yeah you stole my BTC so I can do a lovely scam because my name is USDirect" bullshit. :P

Do you think it would be safe to put a wallet address in your signature? Perhaps it's too much of a giveaway given that it'll be associated with your user ID? :-D

V.

I'm a big fan of the whole "Mod donation" thing....but hey....that's just me... :P