In line with the plan to achieve sustainability (break-even), donations will directly reduce the posting fee, such that donations + forecasted posting fees - monthly rent = 0. The "forecast" will just use the prior month's post-count.

The next Fee Operation Management Committee will announce new posting fees according to the following schedule:

See the prior month's post for more details. #566281

Crowd Funded Contributions for June 2024 - thank-you!

@Undisciplined - 30K @siggy47 - 5K @grayruby - 2K @StillSTackinAfterAllTheseYear - 1K @anon - 10.2K

Total Crowd Funding = 48.2K

Note that this is the first month without a rake being taken off of the donations.

Shortfall of ~49 posts vs forecast. We probably saw posts drop off a bit due to the higher cost.

Treasury was 41K at end of May. I haven't yet decided if I want-to/should-be dipping into the treasury to cover shortfalls or not. Goes without saying, I'm cover the balance each month unless the Treasury does. I'm leaning towards a half-life concept applied to the Treasury, where up to half of the existing treasury can be spent in any given month. I don't know why, but I think I like the idea of a capped burn rate and setting a precedence while I'm the only person with spending-authority, so that hopefully when there are more, the entire treasury can't be spent in any given month. Feedback welcome. I still need to do that cumulative YTD analysis.

These are unchanged.

965.8k stacked \ 102.6k revenue \ 1.1m spent \ 2366 posts \ 9742 comments

~ 4 weeks in March @ 10 sats-per-post: 215.7k stacked \ 19k revenue \ 247.3k spent \ 588 posts \ 1755 comments

April (proper): 26.8k revenue \ 277.9k stacked \ 322k spent \ 605 posts \ 2303 comments

~4 weeks in April @ 21 sats-per-post: 203.9k stacked \ 24.6k revenue \ 239.3k spent \ 537 posts \ 2151 comments

May (proper): 27.8k revenue \ 149.5k stacked \ 194.8k spent \ 380 posts \ 2095 comments

~4 weeks in May @ 100 sats-per-post: 105.3k stacked \ 26k revenue \ 144.6k spent \ 326 posts \ 1919 comments

June (proper): 253.4k stacked \ 36.8k revenue \ 327.1k spent \ 331 posts \ 2297 comments

~4 weeks in June @ 136 sats-per-post: 260.4k stacked \ 35.5k revenue \ 332.4k spent \ 327 posts \ 2551 comments

2024/06/05 - Lowered the posting fee to 136. See #568328

If this territory ever runs a cumulative net profit, I'll find a way to do right by the earliest contributors. There is no guarantee of that scenario. Most likely, it'll take the form of "pay-it-forward"-style BTC-adoption/effort/charity.

Do not donate with the expectation of receiving a share of future profits. This is not a security offering.

June 2024 #566281 May 2024 #526847 April 2024 #493332 March 2024 #448054