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No staff member or other individual responsible for the site's operation personally profits from user donations. As a donor, your financial support is exclusively applied to operating costs. When you donate you are paying 's bills.

Please see 's Patreon for a detailed overview of funding goals. There are some benefits to donating that culmulate at each tier pledged. Each tier's awards include those already listed. Bitcoin donations are privately negotiable.

• Bronze: A donor badge and forum access for your user account on the BioTorrents.de website
• Silver: Unlimited API calls to the BioTorrents.de database
• Gold: Monthly Skype calls to discuss wetlab and software ideas. My expertise includes fungal biotechnology, nonprofit administration, and LEMP development
• Sponsor a Seedbox: Shell access to, and share ratio credit from, a seedbox that I manage on your behalf. Please understand that network services beyond the scope of seedbox administration should be negotiated separately

Be reminded that when you make a donation, you aren't "purchasing" Donor Ranks, invites, or any -specific benefit. When donating, you are helping pay its bills, and your donation should be made in this spirit. The staff does its best to recognize 's financial supporters in a fair and fun way, but all Donor Perks are subject to change or cancellation at any time, without notice.

• Immunity from the rules
• Additional upload credit