toffeestillidie
Player Valuation: £35m
D/D, have you considered this option?
I don't know if either of you are familiar with Bitcoin, but it's a very simple system, at least from your end.
If you're not familiar with it, it's basically an online currency that floats relative to other world currencies, it's growth is controlled by computer software, and transactions are processed by people who contribute their computer's processing power.
That's the super basic overview, you can find out more at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9430.0 or https://www.weusecoins.com/
Anyways, if you wanted to accept donations in Bitcoin, it would be very simple. First you would just go to blockchain.info and make a bitcoin "wallet". For this wallet, you can generate a virtually unlimited amount of "receiving addresses."
So you could easily make a protocol where I send a message saying that I wish to contribute to the forum. You generate a new receiving address for me, and send me that address. I send Bitcoin to the address, and once the transaction clears, you can upgrade my status to 'forum supporter'
Once you've received my Bitcoin, there are a number of exchanges where you can trade them for pounds, and I believe there are some services that will instantly convert your Bitcoins to GBP upon receipt.
Sorry if any of that is confusing, and I understand if you don't have the time to deal with something new like this, but I've been trying to stay away from services like PayPal after hearing so many horror stories, and as I have a fair number of Bitcoin on hand, this would be an easy way for me to contribute to the forum.
I don't know if either of you are familiar with Bitcoin, but it's a very simple system, at least from your end.
If you're not familiar with it, it's basically an online currency that floats relative to other world currencies, it's growth is controlled by computer software, and transactions are processed by people who contribute their computer's processing power.
That's the super basic overview, you can find out more at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9430.0 or https://www.weusecoins.com/
Anyways, if you wanted to accept donations in Bitcoin, it would be very simple. First you would just go to blockchain.info and make a bitcoin "wallet". For this wallet, you can generate a virtually unlimited amount of "receiving addresses."
So you could easily make a protocol where I send a message saying that I wish to contribute to the forum. You generate a new receiving address for me, and send me that address. I send Bitcoin to the address, and once the transaction clears, you can upgrade my status to 'forum supporter'
Once you've received my Bitcoin, there are a number of exchanges where you can trade them for pounds, and I believe there are some services that will instantly convert your Bitcoins to GBP upon receipt.
Sorry if any of that is confusing, and I understand if you don't have the time to deal with something new like this, but I've been trying to stay away from services like PayPal after hearing so many horror stories, and as I have a fair number of Bitcoin on hand, this would be an easy way for me to contribute to the forum.
