<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Michael Kirk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael.john.kirk@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.john.kirk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For some reason the [tor donation page] doesn't want your bitcoins.<div>
<br></div><div><snip></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)">Instead of donating bitcoins to Tor, please consider a donation to </span><a href="https://www.torservers.net/donate.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(78,106,32);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)" target="_blank">Torservers.net</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)">, </span><a href="http://noisetor.net/#bitcoin" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(78,106,32);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)" target="_blank">NoiseTor</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)">, or</span><a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/#bitcoin" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(78,106,32);line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)" target="_blank">Tails</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)"> which will turn your bitcoin donation into a faster, larger Tor Network for all.</span><br>
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</span></div><div>[tor donation page]<span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,237)"><br></span></div><div><a href="https://www.torproject.org/donate/donate.html.en" target="_blank">https://www.torproject.org/donate/donate.html.en</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Kelly John Rose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iam@kjro.se" target="_blank">iam@kjro.se</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I think a surprising number of people could be talked into $10/mo.<br>
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If the donations could be done effectively anonymously, it could<br>
probably get far more.<br>
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On 17/10/2013 11:55 AM, Jerry Leichter wrote:<br>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Dave Howe <<a href="mailto:davehowe.pentesting@gmail.com" target="_blank">davehowe.pentesting@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> Guys, in order to minimize Tor Project's dependance on<br>
>>> federal funding and/or increase what they can do it<br>
>>> would be great to have some additional funding ~10 kUSD/month.<br>
>> I would say what is needed is not one source at $10K/month but 10K<br>
>> sources at $1/month.<br>
>><br>
>> A single source of funding is *always* a single source of control.<br>
> It's also easier to find sources of smaller amounts.<br>
><br>
> I couldn't come close to funding $10K/month, but might be talked into $10/month.<br>
><br>
> -- Jerry<br>
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<br></div><div><br></div><div>Nick</div></div></div>