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Donations and financial status

We are currently the 3rd largest Lemmy instance in terms of monthly active users. This brings a financial burden and we would appreciate your help about it.

I only pin this post when we drop below $200. I know it's annoying when the donation post is always at the top.

If you want to donate, here's donation platforms we use:

Donate to the team

@lemmyposter212 does heavy lifting by moderating the instance. Therefore, if you want to donate to them individually, you can use the ETH address below.

  • 0xba69716dFa94685bE1302f0f875E8fAA8c180fC2

Financial status

Here is what we have and what we spent.

datedescriptionUSDETHXMR
2025-04-18+ donation202 (+10)0.01610.0048
2025-04-16+ donation192 (+20)0.01610.0048
2025-04-16+ donation172 (+5)0.01610.0048
2025-04-16+ donation1670.0161 (+0.0073)0.0048
2025-04-15+ donation167 (+5)0.00970.0048
2025-04-13+ thank you radovic 🙏162 (+30)0.00970.0048
2025-04-13+ donation132 (+10)0.00970.0048
2025-04-12- main server and media storage122 (-95)0.00970.0048
2025-03-28- load balance server2170.00970.0048 (-0.0541)
2025-03-16- email credits217 (-50)0.00970.0590
2025-03-14- main server and media storage267 (-95)0.00970.0590
2025-03-12- media storage362 (-20)0.00970.0590
2025-02-23- load balance server3820.00970.0590 (0.0505)
2025-02-15- main server and media storage382 (-94)0.00970.1095
2025-01-26- load balance server4760.00970.1095 (-0.0528)
2025-01-20/ XMR to USD476 (+355.6)0.00970.1624 (-1.8001)
2025-01-15+ donation120 (+50)0.00971.9625
2025-01-14- main server and media storage70 (-94)0.00971.9625
2025-01-03+ donation164 (+50)0.00971.9625
2024-12-29- load balance server1140.00971.9625 (-0.0598)
2024-12-24+ dec overall, 4 donations, thx 🙏114 (+55)0.00972.0224
2024-12-14- main server59 (-75)0.00972.0224
2024-12-12- media storage134 (-18)0.00972.0224
2024-12-11+ donation1520.00972.0224 (+0.0106)
2024-11-28+ donation152 (+20)0.00972.0118
2024-11-26+ donation132 (+5)0.00972.0118
2024-11-25+ donation127 (+20)0.00972.0118
2024-11-24- load balance server1070.00972.0118 (-0.0707)
2024-11-16+ donation (from 11-15)1070.00972.0825 (+0.0569)
2024-11-16+ donation (from 11-07)1070.00972.0256 (+1 🙏)
2024-11-14- main server107 (-75)0.00971.0256
2024-11-12+ donation182 (+20)0.00971.0256
2024-11-12- media storage162 (-18)0.00971.0256
2024-11-08+ donation180 (+10)0.00971.0256
2024-11-01+ donation170 (+10)0.00971.0256
2024-10-25- load balance server1600.00971.0256 (-0.0770)
2024-10-17+ donation160 (+10)0.00971.1026
2024-10-15+ donation1500.0097 (+0.0073)1.1026
2024-10-14- main server150 (-75)0.0021.1026
2024-10-12- media storage225 (-18)0.0021.1026
2024-09-24- load balance servers2430.0021.1026 (-0.1270)
2024-09-14- main server243 (-75)0.0021.2296
2024-09-12- media storage318 (-17)0.0021.2296
2024-08-30+ donation3350.0021.2296 (+0.0318)
2024-08-26- load balance server3350.0021.1577 (-0.1153)
2024-08-16+ donations (one from July 29)335 (+20)0.0021.2731
2024-08-14- main server315 (-75)0.0021.2731
2024-08-12- media storage390 (-15)0.0021.2731
2024-07-26+ donation405 (+5)0.0021.2731
2024-07-26+ donation400 (+20)0.0021.2731
2024-07-26+ donation380 (+50)0.0021.2731
2024-07-25- load balance server3300.0021.2731 (-0.0729)
2024-07-14- main server330 (-75)0.0021.3460
2024-07-12- media storage405 (-25)0.0021.3460
2024-06-24- load balance server4300.0021.3460 (-0.0731)
2024-06-14- main server430 (-75)0.0021.4192
2024-06-13+ donation505 (+20)0.0021.4192
2024-06-12- media storage485 (-25)0.0021.4192
2024-06-06+ donation510 (+20)0.0021.4192
2024-06-04/ ETH to USD490 (+473)0.002 (-0.125)1.4192
2024-05-22- load balance server170.12761.4192 (-0.0861)
2024-05-22+ donation170.12761.5050 (+0.1442)
2024-05-21+ donation170.12761.3611 (+1)
2024-05-17+ donation170.12760.3611 (+042069 🚬)
2024-05-17+ donation17 (+20)0.12760.3190
2024-05-15- main server-3 (-75)0.12760.3190
2024-05-13- media storage72 (-24)0.12760.3190
2024-04-28+ donation96 (+50)0.12760.3190
2024-04-26+ donation46 (+20)0.12760.3190
2024-04-24- load balance server260.12760.3190 (-0.0993)
2024-04-21+ donation26 (+50)0.12760.4184
2024-04-15- main server-24 (-65)0.12760.4184
2024-04-10- media storage41 (-19)0.12760.4184
2024-04-09+ donation600.1276 (+0.06969 🙃)0.4184
2024-04-01+ donations60 (+25)0.05790.4184 (+0.1827)
2024-03-30- load balance server350.05790.2357 (-0.0890)
2024-03-04+ donation350.05790.3247 (+0.0420)
2024-03-02- main server35 (-65)0.05790.2827
2024-02-28+ donation1000.0579 (+0.0073)0.2827
2024-02-27- load balance server1000.05060.2827 (-0.1516)
2024-02-01- new server and email provider100 (-75)0.05060.3738
2024-02-01/ approximate initial value1750.05060.3738
-1 comments
  • I would like to clean up the old comments and give a summary here.

    Donations via Open Collective

    Unfortunately, we cannot use Open Collective because there is no fiscal host that accepts NSFW instances.

    Donations via Liberapay or Patreon

    Similar scenario to Open Collective. Payment processors (PayPal and Stripe) can ban adult sites at any time.

    Donations with alt coins

    It is complicated to support so many different coins. Therefore, we only support ETH, XMR as the main ones. You can still donate with dozens of different coins via Trocador. All donations you make there will be merged into our XMR wallet.

    Instance size

    As of April 10th 25, we have 54.3GB of database and 1.48TB of media storage.

    Should I host my media somewhere else to reduce costs?

    No you don't need to. The media cost is not as high as one might think. At least it is at a level that we can sustain as long as we can receive donations.

    Distributed setup (Kubernetes)

    Although I believe it will increase performance and reliability, I don't think horizontal scaling (with multiple servers) makes sense for an instance that receives very few donations relative to the number of users. Therefore, I personally prefer vertical scaling for now.

    Server location

    We currently host the instance in the Netherlands (at least part of it).