has no advertisements, is not sponsored, and provides its services free of charge. For these reasons, its main income source is voluntary user donations. Supporting is and will always remain voluntary. If you're financially able, please help pay its bills by donating. We use the donations to cover the costs of running the site, tracker, and IRC network.

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. By donating to , you're helping to defray the recurring costs of necessary information services.

currently operates on a shoestring budget. The costs of running the site, and all its technical and legal infrastructure, are minimal by design. Keeping costs in a range that I can pay out of pocket helps ensure the site doesn't depend on donations to exist. Please find a detailed site budget below.

• Tracker Server. We currently use one budget VPS at 2.50€ per month, and can add more at the same price as needed.
• Seedbox Server. A dedicated seedbox in Europe to supplement my home servers in North America is forthcoming. It's not expected to exceed $20 per month.
• Domain Name. The site domain name costs $15 per year. The SSL certificate is gratis.
• Parent Company. 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.

accepts donations on a tactful array of platforms. We also accept tax-deductible donations on behalf of the Boston Open Science Laboratory (BosLab), a registered 501c3. Please use the memo field on BosLab's PayPal form to credit your account. From: your username on 's behalf, CC: ohm at biotorrents dot de.

Unlike affiliate donations to BosLab, where the funds are beyond my control, direct donations are used exclusively for 's operating costs. Please see 's Patreon for a detailed overview of funding goals. There are some benefits to donating that culmulate with each tier pledged. Each tier's awards include those already listed.

Become a Patron!

• 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

I also accept private donations of cash and cash equivalents, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Besides gift transactions sent to my personal PayPal account, I'll also accept USPS money orders in the mail. I can generate unique cryptocurrency addresses for donations in Bitcoin, Litecoin, Curecoin, and Namecoin. Please use GPG key 760EBED7CFE266D7 if you desire.

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

Any donation or contribution option listed above gives you the opportunity to receive Donor Points. Donor Points are awarded at a rate of one point per transaction, regardless of the amount. After acquiring your first Donor Point, your account will unlock Donor Rank #1. This rank will last forever, and you'll receive the below perks when you unlock it.

• Our eternal love, as represented by the heart you get next to your name
• Inactivity timer immunity
• Access to the notifications system
• Two invites
• Collage creation privileges
• Personal collage creation privileges
• One additional personal collage
• A warm, fuzzy feeling

What you won't receive for donating:

Immunity from the rules

Additional upload credit