[timbowhite]

> I maintain Express.js and Lodash

Thank you!

> In 2025 I made $10 from open source

Slightly off-topic, but I wish more OSS projects and maintainers would advertise cryptocurrency donation addresses. It's probably the easiest way for end users to donate.

[geerlingguy]

I have done that for years, and so far have received the equivalent of $25 (through three mBTC transactions) on my Bitcoin address, and maybe $90 through whatever the token is Brave uses (BAT?).

I still get random donations through an old PayPal email address that's listed on the same page as my bitcoin address, and that totals more like $100 (a year, not over the lifetime).

[simonbw]

Surely the easiest way is something like a PayPal/venmo link, no? I know a lot more people who use those than crypto.

[LtWorf]

Paypal banned my account the instant someone did donate to me. I suggest stripe.

[DauntingPear7]

What’s wrong with ko-fi?

[jonchurch_]

ETH address 0x60F9CC1b97C78D8E8337Ef991a34bd8D9e600420 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[jonchurch_]

Hey, thank you kind strangers who sent me some money. I appreciate it! <3

[LtWorf]

Why would cryptocurrency be the easiest way to donate when nobody is using it?

[LtWorf]

I see "nobody" triggered some people.

I meant an insignificant minority who's also known to be very greedy