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"Dear sirs,

Monero is on its way to becoming the #10 coin in the Coinmarketcap list. For me it is the #2 coin already, since apart from Bitcoin, it is the only coin that I have ever bought. When thinking about the community, I have been getting the feeling that it is already, or at least soon becoming the second-strongest coin by the quality of members. It is astonishing how many of the most astute people in this forum own Monero, even though they hold very few altcoins in general.

The coin has had absolutely no premine, instamine or ninjamine. It is still only about 11% mined, and most of this time it has been listed in an exchange. Never was there an opportunity to - even legitimately - mine huge stashes of the coin. The developers have not had any frontrun. Now as it is clear that the community is waiting for them to deliver several things that cost money, it is easily forgotten that the Monero devs do not have the luxury of premine that all the other altcoins can tap into. They are working for free, and paying the costs out of pocket.

Brothers, this can not continue!

This thread's purpose is twofold:
- To raise money for XMR development;
- To publish to the cryptoworld the extent of XMR adoption.

By donating moneros to the development fund, you will be listed here. The names listed will inspire awe in all the other coin owners, as they see that the Monero community consists of the top talent of cryptoworld.

Donations for general development

XMR: viewkey: e422831985c9205238ef84daf6805526c14d96fd7b059fe68c7ab98e495e5703

BTC:

There are no large holders, who could bear the burden alone. Everybody is invited to join. I suggest that if you own XMR and read this, you would join the list by donating an amount that is approximately 1% of your XMR stash, or less since you can donate more later. Then reply to the thread with the amount and I will list you under the appropriate category.

I hope the devs and hero members would soon come up with the practicalities, concerning:
- Full disclosure of the use of funds;
- What to do if the fund's value grows disproportionately so that it is threatening the development more than helping it.


...and here is the Eternal Table of Glory for those who secured the success of



Donators of 1,000 XMR - 6th dan monero superheros with 1 crate of Diamonds

smooth 2014-04-29


HardwarePal 2014-07-17 (5th dan: 2014-06-30)


Donators of 500 XMR - 5th dan monero superheros with piles of Rhodium

Donators of 200 XMR - 4th dan monero superheros with bars of Platinum

kbm 2014-05-06
rpietila 2014-07-16


Donators of 100 XMR - 3rd dan monero heros with coins of Gold

GreekBitcoin 2014-05-11
Quanttek 2014-07-15
dnaleor 2014-07-17 (1st dan: 2014-05-03)
darlidada 2014-07-17 (1st dan: 2014-06-11)
shitaifan2013/drfred 2014-07-17

Donators of 50 XMR - 2nd dan monero heros with a stash of Silver

saddambitcoin 2014-07-01
superresistant 2014-07-17
perl 2014-07-17

Donators of 20 XMR - 1st dan monero heros with a hoard of Copper

David Latapie 2014-04-29
hodlmybtc 2014-07-01
monoman 2014-07-11
Shrikez 2014-07-11
Jshank 2014-07-16
dreamspark 2014-07-17
IntroVert 2014-07-17
dawie 2014-07-17
cAPSLOCK 2014-07-17
statdude 2014-07-17


Donators of 10 XMR - 1st kyu monero supporters with a bale of high quality hygiene paper

nakaone 2014-07-15

Donators of 5 XMR - 2nd kyu monero supporters with a wad of U.S. dollars

celestio 2014-07-16
znaky 2014-07-17

Donators of 2 XMR - 3rd kyu monero supporters with a holding of Goxcoins

Nekomata 2014-07-17
jwinterm 2014-07-18*

Donators of 1 XMR - 4th kyu monero supporters with a bag of Darkcoins

myagui 2014-07-17

I'm ready to send some moneros for this. Donation Address?  ;D

EDIT: I Donated 5 moneros on July 16th, 2014(7/16/2014).

5 not 10, error sorry.

Listed on main Monero thread:

This list made me LOL, I'll try to donate once I get home from work, good job Risto.

"indirectly" donated 10 yesterday :) - does this count?  ;D

Interesting! I was waiting for something like this :)

Only thing, i think there should be less categories so each category can have more 'value'.

Also indeed people have donated already and some very recently. Can something be done about it?

Subbing.  I have donated some already.  But will do more.

Is there a way to verify donations with this privacy based currency or do we use the honor system?

Finally!
How do we see the balance of the donation addy, or verify donations by posting keys?

XMR:
Code:
46BeWrHpwXmHDpDEUmZBWZfoQpdc6HaERCNmx1pEYL2rAcuwufPN9rXHHtyUA4QVy66qeFQkn6sfK8a HYjA3jk3o1Bv16em
viewkey: e422831985c9205238ef84daf6805526c14d96fd7b059fe68c7ab98e495e5703

I think honor is enough for kyu grades. For Dan levels, you should contact the treasurer in advance and he will give you something that resembles a satoshimessage (or whatever that identifies you).

Please the ones who already donated, post your sum and donation day. Earliest date takes preference in the listing order, and the sum of your all donations count towards a level.

I must admit you are a very clever person.

The point is twofold here :

1. Donate to the devs to help out monero
2. Rpietela to create a richlist with the proposed 1% for calculations

I will be donating aswell btw :)

We're working on adding this feature now. We need to do a couple things to make it verifiable by any given person cryptographically (the wallet needs to support a view-only mode given view keys, and we need to sign key images from one-time use private keys if we spent with ring signatures to show that they were actually spent).

Hahaha this is hilarious. Good job.

I love the idea, and want to support the devs.  It is very important.

I especially love the 4th kyu prize. ;)

I am struggling with making my donations public.  Some cognitive dissonance for me. ;)  But I want to play along.  Perhaps I will make a single 1 time donation of a small amount publicly separate from my private support.

Great idea, and hilarious choice of currencies (the last four).  I donated 25 XMR on July 11th.

I donated 45 XMR just now, and a few weeks ago I donated 10, so put me down for 55!

approximately 1% of my holdings :)

I sent all the giveaway funds, that were left, over, which are 479. Though myself I donated only around 110XMR, though when I donated them, they were not anywhere as much worth as they are now

1 XMR is worth 1 XMR   :o

Just refreshed the dev wallet - confirmed:)

So are we insinuating nobody has over 100k? Or they get to pick their title?

 ;D

Can I be inducted into the Monero Hall of Infamy ?

You are my favourite troll of all time:)

Yay!

Above 1,000 there will be a new category per each 1,000 and they will have several crates of Diamonds + perhaps some extra.

I've been supporting this coin a lot. I was here since the first day, but I remember, my bad luck as always made me buy at the top, so I own like 60 XMR :(
I can't afford any additional XMR neither can I donate. Im going to try buying more. Of course I didnt had enough to buy before the expect jump in price. It's still ridiculously low tho.

I sent 25 XMR on July 11th.

don't spend it all on blackjack and hookers!

Will sort some more of a donation out and will find out how much Ive already donated.

Can the devs keep some sort of balance for us to see ?

The viewkey is published in the OP, but we'll also look at publishing a running total of all donations.

Although it may not help you level up in the hall of fame, a good way to support development if you are a miner is to solo mine to the donation address. This also helps the coin itself directly by maintaining a full node and increasing decentralization. I recently shifted some of my mining gear to the donation address.

And it also counts towards the hall of fame!

As an indirect donation, you can choose to mine to a pool that donates to the dev fund also :) The pools and their percentage of donation are listed in the OP (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449).

I have supported the development right from the start :)

20 XMR donated to the pool bounty
 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg6520571#msg6520571)10 XMR donated to the GUI bounty (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589561.msg6528163#msg6528163)
5 XMR donated to the logo bounty (I think some of it went to the devs eventually; can't find my post however...)
and my first transaction was a 1 XMR transaction to tacotime to test my wallet ;)
also gave around 5 XMR to get people into Monero and already donated a few XMR to the devs. Just can't remember the ammount

Total already >35 XMR
I'll add another 70 if that puts me in the 3rd dan (I like gold ;) ) (and this total is around the 1% 'rule')


Please confirm and I'll send it  ;D

edit: 100 XMR total would not be 1% but rather something around 9% I miscalculated  ;D

If bounty donations count (and I don't see why they wouldn't), well I'm looking forward to my crates of diamonds.

Are you thinking of only completed bounties? Or all of them, both waiting to be claimed as well as pledged and waiting for collection?

Would donations to developers addresses before they listed the dev wallet fund count, also what about donations to the giveaway fund .. which I think has been sent to the dev wallet?

So many different different names I've used! I guess I'll be left with my own figures :)

Added.

XMR sent

- 1 XMR donated equals 1 XMR regardless of its exchange value. Other currencies (BTC) are converted to XMR at the exchange rate of the donation date;

- The donation date is the date when you published the willingness to surrender this money to development (in case that there is a delay between the stated intent and the transaction), however it is listed only after you transfer/surrender the funds (this applies to bounties where you have the funds in your possession and/or don't know if you are required to surrender them or not);

- Donations to bounty funds, dev personal addresses, dev wallet and giveaway fund, all count and are listed with the day when they were announced, from the day the donation is actually made (or I've been informed about it);

- All donations are added together and rank advanced accordingly;

- List is arranged by "earliest date of promotion to the level in question", then by "earliest date of promotion to the level N-1 (if applicable), etc.", then by "first to be added gets preference";

- The hero donators in the list (1st dan and up) get to add a personal message (name + text must fit in one line), furthermore their promotion date history is shown from the 1st dan up (if applicable);

- The superhero donators (4th dan and up) get 5 full lines of message (4th dan only 3 lines sorry) in italics (moderated by me);

- The eternal legendary donators (1 kilo club, 6th dan, crates of Diamonds), get:
  * 1 crate of Diamonds for every 1,000 XMR donated
  * one custom title per every 1,000 XMR above the first one
  * higher dan rank, so that (2k => 7th dan, 5k => 8th dan, ad inf)
  * to change their text at will
  * complimentary bottle of wine from my own cellars in Malla upon their introductory visit (my wine cellar is 80sqm, of 40 different wines);  

- Donating time does not count towards this list (it makes practical problems of valuation, for example I would not work for less than $2k per hour - does that mean my writing this message earns me 1.5 crates of Diamonds?  ::) );

- There will be a separate Heroes of Work list that seeks to give glory to the ones donating their time, including the devs.

Please add a pedigree of your donations, including the dates of advancing to each dan rank (if you want the history to be shown). It will be added to the front of the list promptly and glory goes to whom it is due.  :)

I want to donate 5 XMR. Do I just send it to the donation adress? How will you know it's from me?

Just send it, we will believe you. It is only when you claim to have sent for example 100 XMR, there needs to be some proof.

I will add you straight away! :)

Add a payment ID.
On poloniex : https://www.poloniex.com/balances
Click on Generate New Payment ID
Then you can either send directly using poloniex adding the payment ID or use your wallet adding the payment ID like this :

Pool bounty: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg6461585#msg6461585

GUI bounty: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589561.msg6461790#msg6461790

How does the GPU miner bounties stack up ?

Donated 3 BTC for Wolf0 to release AMD OpenCL code he had developed : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=656841.msg7608061#msg7608061

Donated 0.2 BTC As promised for the Nvidia Miner (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=656841.msg7608439#msg7608439)

Will leave it to the judge ;)

Also add me for a 200 XMR donation : Please Confirm so I can send , thank you  
  

Good question.

I pledged 300 each to the open source GPU miner bounties, but those have not been paid so I did not include them above.

Mine have been paid and verified by the owners . Will leave Risto to decide.

I just posted my intent to pay out my 300 XMR nv miner pledge on the GPU miner bounty thread. Unless I hear a reason not to this will go out soon.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=656841.msg7889910#msg7889910

yo gang!

I'd be in with 100 XMR. but just to make sure I dont fuck this up.

If I send from poloniex, i just follow theese steps, right?

1. create payment ID
2. enter adress of donation wallet & amount to send -> actually send!
3. tell rpietila and/or fluffpony my payment id to link it with this account

is that right or did i miss something?

cheers!

^send it with the payment ID. You could chose a payment ID of yours - it should be 64 characters (no more no less)
for example "MyPaymentIDMyPaymentIDMyPaymentIDMyPaymentIDMyPaymentIDMyPayment" without the quotes will do it.

thx a lot!

I'll play it safe with the generated P ID this time  ;)

For every bounty you pledged, you convert the sum to XMR using the exchange rate of the day when pledged.
They may only be added to your total the day when you have paid the amount.

Using the days when pledged, you keep a running total. Every time it exceeds the dan threshold (of 20, 50, 100, 200, etc XMR), you advance a rank and the advance date to the previous rank is recorded.


Added.

100 xmr donation sent! hope it helps the devs  :)

It does, definitely. Thanks!

By the way, since bounty donations count:

200XMR Total

<4c501d962a6773067865b7c222a229cd0bb261a162c08e54760133af0c3c45b0>

<891cc6cd4d34f59a8f0cddcf27ec473bc7bf73ea01fb3d302a7cc004b88cd53e>


3.21BTC Sent on June 26th and June 30th For Gpu Miners
Exchange rate estimate of 403700 sat (Total 793 XMR)

Edit : 7XMR more Sent

<c967b08ab2986d98c31ee90e4ce3f28edd549d8933244a388b949c5708f89c84>

Hit me up for Diamond Status Thanks :)

1000XMR Donated

lucky to hear that  :D if you guys ever run low on pizza, coffee or such, feel free to drop me a line!

For the long-term donators with many donations:

Please count your own ranks according to the rules, so that all I need to do is to copy-paste the information :)

I have other things to do as well...;)

Thanks for the Diamond Status  ::)

Paid 1000 XMR on 4/29

Paid 500 XMR on 4/29

I think that advances me to the top level as of 4/29 if I understand the rules correctly

Here for you Risto, just copy and paste :)  (was 32, actually, for two bounties)

Donators of 20 XMR - 1st dan monero heros with a hoard of Copper

David Latapie 2014-04-29

All until now have been added.

Yes it does, but the levels reach infinity so somebody can overtake you by donating more :)

I'm pretty sure that's already been done, if and when he finds this thread. :(

Working on my second crate though.

 
I would like to be added with perl as Donators of 50 XMR - 2nd dan monero heros with a stash of Silver

superresistant 2014-07-17
perl 2014-07-17

The pool pay automatically to the dev address but we donated manually before so we should be over 100 XMR donated.
So 50 XMR each.

http://i.snag.gy/ZeaMN.jpg

You can put me down for now as Donators of 20 XMR - 1st dan monero heros with a hoard of Copper

Thats conservative as Im sure I donated at least double that ages ago but from an old wallet I used at the beggining and no longer have access to. Cant prove it, unless someone can tell me a way?

Will add the 30 XMR later to upgrade level.

Whom should I inform?


:)

First, I want to thank you Risto for making this thread. I had donated a bit already, but on every bounty thread I was late at the party, so I was never featured on the donation list on the OP. I could have asked to be put there but... I couldn't get myself to do it. Didn't want other people to think I donated just to be put there. I did not. Nonetheless, it's a good feeling to be put there. It's a kind of reward to know that in the eyes of the community you did good.

So here are my small donation so far :

12 XMR here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589561.msg6736255;topicseen#msg6736255
18 xmr here:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg7247760#msg7247760 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg7247760#msg7247760)

I also donated 5 to the giveaway but it's been done through IRC so no records of that.

And I'll send now 78.777 XMR to the donation address so you know its me.

PS: it would be nice to add the address in the OP with the commands and everything :P

edit: 78.777 SENT. => Money successfully sent, transaction <24a70eb4f00144e3e75e59609eac9d90d96ab49d22
20cd9f5856e60d9aedcae3>

Risto, thank you for organizing this funding thread, the work of the XMR dev team is very much appreciated! Please add me to:

Donators of 20 XMR - 1st dan monero heros with a hoard of Copper

IntroVert - 2014-07-17

TX Proof:
http://monerochain.info/tx/482c94eab2da6454c07098333f3e6bb6eb2a946033fa81aa0957429755805db8

2014-Jul-17 09:13:13.650153 Read command: transfer 2 46BeWrHpwXmHDpDEUmZBWZfoQpdc6HaERCNmx1pEYL2rAcuwufPN9rXHHtyUA4QVy66qeFQkn6sfK8a HYjA3jk3o1Bv16em 20
2014-Jul-17 09:13:13.653153 amount=40.000000000000, real_output=2, real_output_in_tx_index=3, indexes: 602 1170 2031
2014-Jul-17 09:13:13.706156 transaction <482c94eab2da6454c07098333f3e6bb6eb2a946033fa81aa0957429755805db8> generated ok and sent to daemon, key_images: [<b20ef12bf3634f0fd6e89f7e976e15d1e828f4c7d7be2d7ae15bfcc9da49ce55> ]
2014-Jul-17 09:13:13.706156 Transaction successfully sent. <<482c94eab2da6454c07098333f3e6bb6eb2a946033fa81aa0957429755805db8>>


If you ever distribute the copper, I prefer to receive it as pre-1982 US pennies  ;)

lol

For the gold coins, you can toss me some of these:
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/thumb/5/51/Casascius_gold_coin.jpg/531px-Casascius_gold_coin.jpg

This is a very inspiring community initiative indeed.

I am part of a group-chat of like minded, early adopter guys eager to donate..

Just waiting for my first text 1 xmr transaction from Poloniex to confirm.  Then I will also throw in 20xmr.

Made the transaction of 5XMR at 2014-07-17 09:53:27
Thanks!



I used a payment id when I made the donation. Can send it for proof if needed :)

I donated about 22 XMR in a couple transactions when I started reading about Monero, buying some coins and testing out transactions.

Unfortunately I can't prove it anymore, I lost my old wallet because I was (and still am) really bad at all the technical stuff :D

Got my new wallet seed written down and the .keys file backed up now so it won't happen again.

Ok so i have donated 85 XMR (I actually think that was 100 XMR but its some months now and i cant really remember) according to this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FiLuqhdv36o-wco2QJBgxgTIHA1pYT1YDi7NJ0WCHss/edit#gid=0

That nuke_ is me. Smooth can confirm since i had sent by a stupid mistake 1000XMR to the donation wallet back then and smooth send me back and i donated some of those :)

I also donated 17 XMR for the OS pool: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.0


I pledge to donate some more in a few days!


P.S. I like this thread because its like some sort of competition that makes you donate more :P

I just sent 20.01  .01 was to cover the tx fee. ;)  Willl post tx number here when the exchange posts it.

I have previously sent 35 sometime in the month of June.  I would have to look it up for proof... your call.

cAPSLOCK 2014-07-17


A suggestion:  Even though it's a couple posts down, you might consider including this in the OP:

Donations for general development

XMR: viewkey: e422831985c9205238ef84daf6805526c14d96fd7b059fe68c7ab98e495e5703

BTC:

Thanks again for doing this Risto.  It is a great service to the community.

I am not sure if my total was clear.  I sent 35 previously and 20.01 today making 55.01.  Or perhaps you chose not to include the earlier 35?

Also there is a trailing quote tag after the address you added.

I know this is a hassle.  I wish I could help you manage it.

THANKS AGAIN.

It is very easy for you to start a new thread with the same name, (make it self-moderated to be safe), and copy the OP from this thread to your new one. Voilá! If you feel any burden to do it, I am happy to relinguish the responsibility! :)

I'm in India for another week or so, and while I do have remote access to my wallet, I prefer not to mess with it via hotel internet access... I'll be sending a largely rounded-up 1% of my Monero stash - hold your breath - an astounding 1 XMR!  ;D
In all seriousness, I have been mining and buying for the better part of the last 4 weeks, but the damn little coins are just hard to come by!  ;)

Not all is bad news though, contributions can take many forms, and I'll continue working on the FAQ and will add further materials to help the newcomers as soon as I've returned home. Big cheers to all the donors here, both big & small - this community rocks!
~ Myagui

Paid out 300 to the open source NV GUI miner bounty, but that only brings me to 1800 so no second crate of diamonds for me yet. Darn it.

Someone hurry up and finish an open source ATI GUI miner.

Paid 150 XMR for Nvidia GPU miner: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=656841.msg7899104#msg7899104

Paid 0.285 BTC on May 6 (tentative date pending wallet sync): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg6565832#msg6565832

Using smooth's trading thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=578192.0), average price that day was .0012417613 XMR/BTC, so this would be about 229.5 XMR. I can also prove ownership of the wallet, it's syncing now.

I'm considering keeping the rest of my donations private, save for the other two I have pledged for (see edit below - only gets more complicated)


edit: Just read this:

Therefore my actual date of stated donation (although the amount is different) is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589533.msg6462013#msg6462013, and the proposed bounty at the time was $2500 on the bounty site (will look for link)

As this is confusing because I increased the amount, I guess I'll settle for when smooth posted it in the bounty thread.

Thank you for the explanation. So what is it that you want to have listed? :)

The 229.5,may 6 + 150,today is close enough for me :)

Almost 2 diamonds ? damn... the competition is hard.

07/17/2014 03:44:59 PM
XMR   19.99000000   
Address: 46BeWrHpwXmHDpDEUmZBWZfoQpdc6HaERCNmx1pEYL2rAcuwufPN9rXHHtyUA4QVy66qeFQkn6sfK8a HYjA3jk3o1Bv16em
TxId: 2e5939ddf0bbd81370fca1d8e5d8b54b4dee505cb64342ffc7672fd547e2a1bb

(Forgot the tx fee  ;D )

Thanks to anyone involved in the community.

As promised, 20xmr:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29571239/Bitcoin/Poloniex_Withdrawal.GIF

2 XMR sent (a little under 1% of my stash):
I know it's not much, but I appreciate the work of fluffypony, tacotime, neozaru, tewinget, and everyone else who contributes to the coding and everything else!

I suggest someone considers to take the privilege of updating the list away from me. I will need to be away for the weekend (gulp!), and also afterwards I easily believe that someone else would be more suitable for the task. So if interested, ask me!

I don't have the access to the dev accounts (or any proprietary information) and did not seek special permission from the devs before starting the list. My analysis shows the coin has 2,700 owners that have 100+ coins (so are eligible to donate 1 XMR). If we assume that 5% actually do it, the thread with ~130 entries is still a very compact task :)

1.83113999 XMR sent:

https://i.imgur.com/ql0aMHM.png

25 XMR sent:

I will do it if you wish.  I may not update more than once a day.

Which makes me a first dan.

I quite like that.  As I understand it, in Japan first dan is traditionally considered to represent the level at which you understand the art well enough that you can understand and learn from watching others more skilled than you.

EDIT TO ADD: Unlike in the West where many regard first dan ("black belt") in martial arts as a high achievement, AIUI in Japan it is regarded as kind of the baseline of competence, and the beginning of the process of learning rather than the ultimate end.  By analogy, holding greater than 2,000 XMR should be considered to be just the beginning of my Monero journey... (Not that I'm currently accumulating further.  Happy with my current exposure and intend to HODL for the long haul.)

roy

I am taking over the maintenance of this list for Risto.  Thank me by donating to the dev team.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=700400.new#new

Thank me for starting it and for the short tenure - yes, by donating to the dev team :)