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- <span class="donation_info_title">Why donate?</span>
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+ <span class="donation_info_title"><?= SITE_NAME ?> budget breakdown</span>
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<div class="box pad donation_info">
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- <p>
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- <?= SITE_NAME ?> has no advertisements, is not sponsored, and
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- provides its services free of charge.
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- For these reasons, its financial obligations can
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- only be met with the help of voluntary user donations.
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- Supporting <?= SITE_NAME ?> is and will always remain
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- voluntary.
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- If you are financially able, please help pay its
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- bills by donating.
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- <p>
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- <?= SITE_NAME ?> uses all voluntary donations to cover the
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- costs of running the site, tracker, and IRC network.
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- These costs represent the hardware the site runs on (e.g., servers, upgrades, fixes),
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- and recurring operating expenses (e.g., hosting, bandwidth, power).
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+ <p>
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+ <?= SITE_NAME ?> has no advertisements, is not sponsored, and provides its services free of charge.
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+ For these reasons, its main income source is voluntary user donations.
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+ Supporting <?= SITE_NAME ?> is and will always remain voluntary.
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+ If you're financially able, please help pay its bills by donating.
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+ We use the donations to cover the costs of running the site, tracker, and IRC network.
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No staff member or other individual responsible for the site's operation personally profits from user donations.
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As a donor, your financial support is exclusively applied to operating costs.
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- When you donate you are paying <?= SITE_NAME ?>'s bills.
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+ By donating to <?= SITE_NAME ?>, you're helping to defray the recurring costs of necessary information services.
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- If you prefer to make a tax-deductible donation to an organization beyond my financial grasp, donations to the
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- <a href="https://www.boslab.org/donate" target="_blank">Boston Open Science Laboratory (BosLab)</a>
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- are honored the same as direct donations.
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- Please note in the comment field that your donation is on <?= SITE_NAME ?>'s behalf and to credit your username.
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+ <?= SITE_NAME ?> currently operates on a shoestring budget.
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+ The costs of running the site, and all its technical and legal infrastructure, are minimal by design.
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+ Keeping costs in a range that I can pay out of pocket helps ensure the site doesn't depend on donations to exist.
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+ Please find a detailed site budget below.
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+ <ul>
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+ <li><strong>Tracker Server.</strong> We currently use one budget VPS at 2.50€ per month, and can add more at the same price as needed.</li>
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+ <li><strong>Seedbox Server.</strong> A dedicated seedbox in Europe to supplement my home servers in North America is forthcoming. It's not expected to exceed $20 per month.</li>
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+ <li><strong>Domain Name.</strong> The site domain name costs $15 per year. The SSL certificate is gratis.</li>
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+ <li><strong>Parent Company.</strong> Because I'm handling personal information such as email and IP addresses, and soliciting donations from the public, legal protection is prudent. An LLC is forthcoming and not expected to exceed $75 per year.</li>
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- <span class="donation_info_title">What you will receive for donating</span>
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+ <span class="donation_info_title">How to donate to <?= SITE_NAME ?></span>
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- Please see <a href="https://www.patreon.com/biotorrents" target="_blank"><?= SITE_NAME ?>'s Patreon</a> for a detailed overview of funding
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- goals.
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- There are some benefits to donating that culmulate at each tier pledged.
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- Each tier's awards include those already listed, and the tier system only applies to recurring donations.
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- Bitcoin donations are privately negotiable.
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+ <?= SITE_NAME ?> accepts donations on a tactful array of platforms.
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+ We also accept tax-deductible donations on behalf of the
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+ <a href="https://www.boslab.org/donate" target="_blank">Boston Open Science Laboratory (BosLab)</a>,
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+ a registered 501c3.
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+ Please use the memo field on BosLab's PayPal form to credit your <?= SITE_NAME ?> account.
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+ <strong>From: your username on <?= SITE_NAME ?>'s behalf, CC: ohm at biotorrents dot de.</strong>
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+ Unlike affiliate donations to BosLab, where the funds are beyond my control, direct donations are used exclusively for <?= SITE_NAME ?>'s operating costs.
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+ Please see <a href="https://www.patreon.com/biotorrents" target="_blank"><?= SITE_NAME ?>'s Patreon</a> for a detailed overview of funding goals.
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+ There are some benefits to donating that culmulate with each tier pledged.
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+ Each tier's awards include those already listed.
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+ <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=27142321" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script>
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<li><strong>Bronze.</strong> A donor badge and forum access for your user account on the BioTorrents.de website
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- <!-- Any donation or contribution option listed above gives you the opportunity to receive Donor Points.
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- After acquiring your first Donor Point, your account will unlock Donor Rank #1.
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- This rank will last forever, and you'll receive the following perks upon unlocking it:</p>
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+ I also accept private donations of cash and cash equivalents, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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+ Besides gift transactions sent to my personal PayPal account, I'll also accept USPS money orders in the mail.
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+ I can generate unique cryptocurrency addresses for donations in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Curecoin, and Namecoin.
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+ Please use <a href="https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x760EBED7CFE266D7" target="_blank">GPG key 760EBED7CFE266D7</a> if you desire.
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+ Please remember that when you make a donation, you aren't "purchasing" Donor Ranks, invites, or any <?= SITE_NAME ?>-specific benefit.
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+ When donating, you're helping <?= SITE_NAME ?> pay its bills, and your donation should be made in this spirit.
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+ The <?= SITE_NAME ?> staff does its best to recognize our financial supporters in a fair and fun way,
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+ but all donor perks are subject to change or cancellation at any time, without notice.
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+ Any donation or contribution option listed above gives you the opportunity to receive Donor Points.
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+ Donor Points are awarded at a rate of one point per transaction, regardless of the amount.
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+ After acquiring your first Donor Point, your account will unlock Donor Rank #1.
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+ This rank will last forever, and you'll receive the below perks when you unlock it.
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<li>Our eternal love, as represented by the heart you get next to your name</li>
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<li>Personal collage creation privileges</li>
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<li>One additional personal collage</li>
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<li>A warm, fuzzy feeling</li>
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- The <?= SITE_NAME ?> staff does its best to recognize <?= SITE_NAME ?>'s financial supporters in a fair and fun way,
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pjc
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