Donations & funding goals

~~This page~~It is acurrently ~~work~~not inpossible ~~progress.~~to donate directly to slrpnk.net. Please donate to the Lemmy developers if you have some funds to spare.

~~You~~But you will soon be able to donate via LiberaPay to ~~help fund~~ the F-hub.org umbrella organisation that is operating ~~costs~~the ~~of our~~slrpnk.net servers.

Here we will list the approximate costs, although not everything can be neatly separated from F-hub.org which Slrpnk.net shares servers and infrastructure with.

~~We will also list the monthly donations and funding goals (for new hardware etc.).~~

Hardware investments

Second-hand UPS and new battery ~ ~~80€~~

~~Dedicated database server for slrpnk.net: second-hand purchase and upgrade ~ 250€~~140€

Recurring Costs

Slrpnk.net domain and basic out-going email hosting: 13 € / yr
Glass-fibre internet connection: 40€ / month
Electricity consumption: around ~~20€~~10€ / month for the current servers

Funding goals

Short term: recovery of hardware investments
Medium term: switch to a fully solar-powered server
Long term: compensation of some time spend on server ~~maintainance~~maintenance