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[Aurel Iancu <awrelll@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://etherscan.io/tx/0xff22967cc3c6ca951e23140ff41d273262f6ba22f130ff049555a38345b5dbe7

> On 7 Sep 2018, at 12:53, Gary YU <gairy.yu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Aurel, 
> Ok for ethers, donation address is listed in https://www.grin-forum.org/t/funding-campaign-yeastplume-oct-2018-to-feb-2019/677
> 
> It would be very appreciated if you can close this round, since it's still far below the target amount (about 22.8% raised), and almost at the end of the 3rd week of this funding campaign (since 21st Aug.).
> 
> At this moment, the gap between the raised and the target is about 182 ETH, or 6.26 BTC, according to current price.
> 
> As said by Igno:
>> He(Michael Cordner, known as ‘Yeastplume’ in Grin circles) only has until the end of the month, which just leaves this week before he has to start looking for an employer. This would be a terrible loss for the project. 
>  
> - Gary
> 
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:17 AM Aurel Iancu <awrelll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Do you guys take ethers ? I can close the round, would love to !
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6 Sep 2018, at 20:39, Catheryne Nicholson <catheryne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I posted this announcement on the forum https://www.grin-forum.org/t/grinmint-mining-pool/765
>>> regarding the release of our Grin mining pool: www.grinmint.com 
>>> 
>>> I also wanted to confirm that there are multiple VCs / investors that have been actively pursuing the funding of private ASICs for Grin, to the tune of multiple millions of dollars. 
>>> 
>>> Personally, I find that disgusting. Rather than funding the open-source development work directly, they would rather pursue something that 1) would destroy the ecosystem before it has a chance to develop and 2) is so self-serving, while riding off the backs of people who have done all the work.
>>> 
>>> It is for this reason that we decided to allocate proceeds of our mining pool to the Grin developer community and we will also continue to donate to 
>>> https://www.grin-forum.org/t/funding-campaign-yeastplume-oct-2018-to-feb-2019/677
>>> https://grin-tech.org/funding.html
>>> 
>>> I challenge any investor on this mailing list to also put your money where it benefits the community. 
>>> 
>>> #DontBeaDick
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Best,
>>> Catheryne Nicholson
>>> CEO and Founder, BlockCypher
>>> 
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