I was just wondering, I click once in a while the Donate button to check out names.

Now I thought, wasn't BTC worth pizza a few years back? Donating 50 BTC to a forum now seems like giving a car and a house by the beach to a church as charity.

https://blockchain.info/address/17RTTUAiiPqUTKtEggJPec8RxLMi2n9EZ9?offset=250&filter=0

Here is the address, I looked back and the last transaction of 50 BTC was done back in 29/08/2011.

In 2011 I think the price was 1$ - 10$ / BTC ?

So the current donation price would be 50$ to 500$?

Thanks!

So it's basically, only old members are the ones entitled to have VIP/Donator titles 

Thanks for clearing this out!

theymos has at least considered new 'cheaper' ranks, though I can't imagine many people would donate for them if implemented. If they did I wonder if they'll be in the same situation again in a few years realising they've paid a ridiculous amount for a largely worthless title.

Not necessarily. 50btc wasn't much back then and not everyone who donated kept a load of coins. Some maybe lost theirs in investments or scams etc. Some donators/VIPs who even still had a lot of coins wanted their money back and regret their decision to donate (goat comes to mind).

I believe goat is actually banned, though he did have some sort of half-assed self-imposed exile before that I think.