Donations to the devs? Welcome, yes or no?

[oda.krell]

A question, Thomas:

I appreciate Electrum and how you and the other devs maintain and develop it, a lot. Any way I can contribute?

You're not exactly openly asking for tips/donations (on the frontpage of electrum.org, for example), so maybe you don't want or need any, but I thought I'd ask rather ask, because I feel like I should contribute at least financially to this fantastic project.

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[ThomasV]

Thank you for your support. I usually do not request donations for myself, because I do not think it is an effective way to incentivise free software.
Developers who request bounties tend to finish projects quickly, and do not really care about long-term maintenance.

However, you you can donate to the people who run public Electrum servers.
Electrum does relies on servers, and we currently lack an effective way to reward the server operators.

Also note that I created a company that will distribute Electrum, sell paying services to Electrum users, and fund further development of the Electrum software.