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:
- Throne.com: No registration needed, fiat only.
- Ethereum: 0x4e4af5dc2f86235ac496542c2a1c00f3c4de40c6
- Monero: 48VYVWPKk65KiDiBaLhvSggKSbDQ4vtdq6HHbDa2HxWLiBWVcZ65gTgMBu7UeSUcm4dasAMMaKHnJNJSgRKi7Q5R5HN9adg
- Trocador.app (multiple cryptocurrencies)
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.
| date | description | USD | ETH | XMR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-13 | + thank you radovic 🙏 | 162 (+30) | 0.0097 | 0.0048 |
| 2025-04-13 | + donation | 132 (+10) | 0.0097 | 0.0048 |
| 2025-04-12 | - main server and media storage | 122 (-95) | 0.0097 | 0.0048 |
| 2025-03-28 | - load balance server | 217 | 0.0097 | 0.0048 (-0.0541) |
| 2025-03-16 | - email credits | 217 (-50) | 0.0097 | 0.0590 |
| 2025-03-14 | - main server and media storage | 267 (-95) | 0.0097 | 0.0590 |
| 2025-03-12 | - media storage | 362 (-20) | 0.0097 | 0.0590 |
| 2025-02-23 | - load balance server | 382 | 0.0097 | 0.0590 (0.0505) |
| 2025-02-15 | - main server and media storage | 382 (-94) | 0.0097 | 0.1095 |
| 2025-01-26 | - load balance server | 476 | 0.0097 | 0.1095 (-0.0528) |
| 2025-01-20 | / XMR to USD | 476 (+355.6) | 0.0097 | 0.1624 (-1.8001) |
| 2025-01-15 | + donation | 120 (+50) | 0.0097 | 1.9625 |
| 2025-01-14 | - main server and media storage | 70 (-94) | 0.0097 | 1.9625 |
| 2025-01-03 | + donation | 164 (+50) | 0.0097 | 1.9625 |
| 2024-12-29 | - load balance server | 114 | 0.0097 | 1.9625 (-0.0598) |
| 2024-12-24 | + dec overall, 4 donations, thx 🙏 | 114 (+55) | 0.0097 | 2.0224 |
| 2024-12-14 | - main server | 59 (-75) | 0.0097 | 2.0224 |
| 2024-12-12 | - media storage | 134 (-18) | 0.0097 | 2.0224 |
| 2024-12-11 | + donation | 152 | 0.0097 | 2.0224 (+0.0106) |
| 2024-11-28 | + donation | 152 (+20) | 0.0097 | 2.0118 |
| 2024-11-26 | + donation | 132 (+5) | 0.0097 | 2.0118 |
| 2024-11-25 | + donation | 127 (+20) | 0.0097 | 2.0118 |
| 2024-11-24 | - load balance server | 107 | 0.0097 | 2.0118 (-0.0707) |
| 2024-11-16 | + donation (from 11-15) | 107 | 0.0097 | 2.0825 (+0.0569) |
| 2024-11-16 | + donation (from 11-07) | 107 | 0.0097 | 2.0256 (+1 🙏) |
| 2024-11-14 | - main server | 107 (-75) | 0.0097 | 1.0256 |
| 2024-11-12 | + donation | 182 (+20) | 0.0097 | 1.0256 |
| 2024-11-12 | - media storage | 162 (-18) | 0.0097 | 1.0256 |
| 2024-11-08 | + donation | 180 (+10) | 0.0097 | 1.0256 |
| 2024-11-01 | + donation | 170 (+10) | 0.0097 | 1.0256 |
| 2024-10-25 | - load balance server | 160 | 0.0097 | 1.0256 (-0.0770) |
| 2024-10-17 | + donation | 160 (+10) | 0.0097 | 1.1026 |
| 2024-10-15 | + donation | 150 | 0.0097 (+0.0073) | 1.1026 |
| 2024-10-14 | - main server | 150 (-75) | 0.002 | 1.1026 |
| 2024-10-12 | - media storage | 225 (-18) | 0.002 | 1.1026 |
| 2024-09-24 | - load balance servers | 243 | 0.002 | 1.1026 (-0.1270) |
| 2024-09-14 | - main server | 243 (-75) | 0.002 | 1.2296 |
| 2024-09-12 | - media storage | 318 (-17) | 0.002 | 1.2296 |
| 2024-08-30 | + donation | 335 | 0.002 | 1.2296 (+0.0318) |
| 2024-08-26 | - load balance server | 335 | 0.002 | 1.1577 (-0.1153) |
| 2024-08-16 | + donations (one from July 29) | 335 (+20) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-08-14 | - main server | 315 (-75) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-08-12 | - media storage | 390 (-15) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-07-26 | + donation | 405 (+5) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-07-26 | + donation | 400 (+20) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-07-26 | + donation | 380 (+50) | 0.002 | 1.2731 |
| 2024-07-25 | - load balance server | 330 | 0.002 | 1.2731 (-0.0729) |
| 2024-07-14 | - main server | 330 (-75) | 0.002 | 1.3460 |
| 2024-07-12 | - media storage | 405 (-25) | 0.002 | 1.3460 |
| 2024-06-24 | - load balance server | 430 | 0.002 | 1.3460 (-0.0731) |
| 2024-06-14 | - main server | 430 (-75) | 0.002 | 1.4192 |
| 2024-06-13 | + donation | 505 (+20) | 0.002 | 1.4192 |
| 2024-06-12 | - media storage | 485 (-25) | 0.002 | 1.4192 |
| 2024-06-06 | + donation | 510 (+20) | 0.002 | 1.4192 |
| 2024-06-04 | / ETH to USD | 490 (+473) | 0.002 (-0.125) | 1.4192 |
| 2024-05-22 | - load balance server | 17 | 0.1276 | 1.4192 (-0.0861) |
| 2024-05-22 | + donation | 17 | 0.1276 | 1.5050 (+0.1442) |
| 2024-05-21 | + donation | 17 | 0.1276 | 1.3611 (+1) |
| 2024-05-17 | + donation | 17 | 0.1276 | 0.3611 (+042069 🚬) |
| 2024-05-17 | + donation | 17 (+20) | 0.1276 | 0.3190 |
| 2024-05-15 | - main server | -3 (-75) | 0.1276 | 0.3190 |
| 2024-05-13 | - media storage | 72 (-24) | 0.1276 | 0.3190 |
| 2024-04-28 | + donation | 96 (+50) | 0.1276 | 0.3190 |
| 2024-04-26 | + donation | 46 (+20) | 0.1276 | 0.3190 |
| 2024-04-24 | - load balance server | 26 | 0.1276 | 0.3190 (-0.0993) |
| 2024-04-21 | + donation | 26 (+50) | 0.1276 | 0.4184 |
| 2024-04-15 | - main server | -24 (-65) | 0.1276 | 0.4184 |
| 2024-04-10 | - media storage | 41 (-19) | 0.1276 | 0.4184 |
| 2024-04-09 | + donation | 60 | 0.1276 (+0.06969 🙃) | 0.4184 |
| 2024-04-01 | + donations | 60 (+25) | 0.0579 | 0.4184 (+0.1827) |
| 2024-03-30 | - load balance server | 35 | 0.0579 | 0.2357 (-0.0890) |
| 2024-03-04 | + donation | 35 | 0.0579 | 0.3247 (+0.0420) |
| 2024-03-02 | - main server | 35 (-65) | 0.0579 | 0.2827 |
| 2024-02-28 | + donation | 100 | 0.0579 (+0.0073) | 0.2827 |
| 2024-02-27 | - load balance server | 100 | 0.0506 | 0.2827 (-0.1516) |
| 2024-02-01 | - new server and email provider | 100 (-75) | 0.0506 | 0.3738 |
| 2024-02-01 | / approximate initial value | 175 | 0.0506 | 0.3738 |
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).