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[Yeastplume <yeastplume@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Very much appreciated, and I’ll absolutely get a Monero address up, I just need a few days to set it up and consider all of the security implications. I’ll update the site and send a further mail once I have that ready.

Thanks again
YP


> On 14 Dec 2017, at 15:28, Lukas Kubicek <mujstit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi yeastplume,
> 
> fantastic news, I will donate what I can.
> 
> Would you please consider adding Monero address for donations?
> I think there are two good reasons for having it:
> 1. Currently large fees on btc make it impractical for smaller donations.
> 2. Some Grin friends are also friends of Monero, both privacy focused,
> grass roots projects, donating in xmr might be more attractive for
> this community. If you add monero address, I will donate some.
> 
> If you need any help with setting that up, I will be glad help you.
> You can even make the "viewkey" public, so the balance of your monero
> address is transparent for anybody to see.
> 
> Cheers
> urza
> 
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Yeastplume <yeastplume@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I just wanted to add a thanks to Igno and everyone who’s been involved in
>> MW/Grin so far for this opportunity. Grin is one of the most exciting
>> projects I’ve ever had the good fortune to work on. Though many contributors
>> choose to remain hidden, it’s clear that all of the people behind this
>> project bring impressive amounts of technical and academic knowledge matched
>> with experience and professionalism that, (in my measured opinion), give the
>> project a much-better-than-average chance of being successful. I’m humbled
>> to be allowed to be a part of it, and will be continuing to contribute
>> regardless of the outcome of this funding experiment.
>> 
>> I’m also ecstatic to see there have already been donations made. Thanks to
>> those brave pioneers, and I also want to point out that I’ll be starting a
>> ‘Friends of Grin’ page (for lack of a better title for now, on which
>> individuals or entities who donate or sponsor (above a modest threshold,
>> currently undefined) can optionally choose to have themselves or their logos
>> listed. If you’re donating and are interested in appearing here, please let
>> me know.
>> 
>> Also (provided this works out,) I intend to start a blog through which I can
>> provide the community with updates on what I’m working on, as well as try to
>> provide some general insight on why I’m doing what I’m doing. It important
>> that the community knows what donations are going towards, but I’d also like
>> to use opportunity to offer a bit more value. For instance, instead of
>> saying something like ‘I worked on integrating Schnorr signatures,’ I’d much
>> rather provide some overview on what Schnorr signatures are exactly, why I’m
>> working on the them, and what their benefit to/impact on Grin will be. It
>> should make for more interesting reading, as well as (hopefully) provide
>> some general-knowledge overviews of concepts and terms that get thrown
>> around a lot but are rarely explained.
>> 
>> So thanks again, and apologies in advance for any cap-in-hand type behaviour
>> from us as we do this, but soliciting community donations are really the
>> least-worst option to progress Grin/MW development while keeping it free of
>> undue influence. There’s no doubt that it would be nice to be able to trade
>> in the day job for work I feel passionate about (for a while, anyhow), but I
>> see this as taking on a responsibility to the community and to the project
>> rather than just another source of contract work. I hope that what starts as
>> a humble campaign to fund me for a while turns into a proper project
>> bootstrapping effort, and I will be working beyond just the coding to try
>> and raise awareness and grow the project’s profile.
>> 
>> Please have a read through the funding principles if you can, and any
>> feedback on them is welcome. I’m available on Gitter whenever I’m awake.
>> 
>> http://grin-tech.org/funding.html
>> 
>> YP
>> 
>> On 13 Dec 2017, at 22:13, Ignotus Peverell <igno.peverell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> We need your help. The new funding page explains why and our values better
>> than I could here, so please have a look:
>> 
>> http://grin-tech.org/funding.html
>> 
>> Our first ask is for Yeastplume, who has been doing an outstanding job on
>> the project for over 6 months now and has done so in addition of a $DAYJOB
>> and a family. He's been the first to contribute large chunks of
>> functionality, and his continued help has been invaluable. I'm looking
>> forward to have more of him around.
>> 
>> http://grin-tech.org/yeastplume.html
>> 
>> This is our first try at fundraising and we also hope to learn from this
>> experiment and improve. If this is successful, we do not expect to have
>> additional campaigns for a few months, and neither I nor Antioch need money
>> for the time being.
>> 
>> Please relay this far and wide to every individual or company you know that
>> is interested in grin and could help us, either directly donating or helping
>> with the fundraising. Thanks everyone for your help and if you can afford
>> it, patronage!
>> 
>> - Igno
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