I just launched my first full node. Took 74 hours to sync, on a Digital Ocean droplet. Happy though 

Thomas from the F2Pool team here. I just came across this thread.

Chun, our co-founder, talked to us in April and said that he would like to leave a message if we mine the block. By chance we did

We didn't expect such a strong reaction, but we are glad the message resonated as much with the community as it did with us.