I would like to clean up the old comments and give a summary here.

Donations via Open Collective

Unfortunately, we cannot use Open Collective because there is no fiscal host that accepts NSFW instances.

Donations via Liberapay or Patreon

Similar scenario to Open Collective. Payment processors (PayPal and Stripe) can ban adult sites at any time.

Donations with alt coins

It is complicated to support so many different coins. Therefore, we only support ETH, XMR as the main ones. You can still donate with dozens of different coins via Trocador. All donations you make there will be merged into our XMR wallet.

Instance size

As of April 10th 25, we have 54.3GB of database and 1.48TB of media storage.

Should I host my media somewhere else to reduce costs?

No you don't need to. The media cost is not as high as one might think. At least it is at a level that we can sustain as long as we can receive donations.

Distributed setup (Kubernetes)

Although I believe it will increase performance and reliability, I don't think horizontal scaling (with multiple servers) makes sense for an instance that receives very few donations relative to the number of users. Therefore, I personally prefer vertical scaling for now.

Server location

We currently host the instance in the Netherlands (at least part of it).

Hello, team at LemmyNSFW,

I'm delighted to see your instance growing and I completely support the idea of donating to ensure the longevity and quality of this platform. Your hard work in maintaining and developing this instance is very much appreciated.

However, I'd like to bring up the idea of financial transparency within our community. Have you considered using a platform like Open Collective for your donation system? It has been adopted by other instances, including Lemmy.world. You can see an example of how they use it here: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld

In my opinion, Lemmy.world is a shining example of how a Lemmy instance should operate financially. They provide transparency about their finances, which has greatly contributed to building trust with their users and the platform as a whole.

Considering we're part of an open-source, decentralized platform, I believe this level of transparency is paramount. It not only helps in building trust but also encourages more users to donate, knowing exactly how their contributions will be utilized.

Moreover, seeing big instances openly donating back to the source code developers could set a wonderful precedent. This act of giving back to those who helped create the foundation of our platform would be a tremendous demonstration of gratitude and community spirit.

Again, I am wholeheartedly in support of donating to this community, and I hope my suggestion will be taken into consideration. Keep up the fantastic work!

An instance run so good that it caused me to start using my porn account as main account deserves some love and support. Bought a sponsor package on throne.

I joined this instance for the NSFW, but at the moment it is the best performing instance I am on, so I am subscribing to all my tech communities through here as well. In other words, my NSFW account is now my main account. LOL. Going to Patreon for sure.

EDIT: I signed up for $5/month. Keep up the good work!

PS: Would you mind sharing your docker-compose file? I want to deploy a lemmy instance on GCP to help strengthen the network.

I support you my friend both monetarily and conceptually.

Tf happened here

Thank you so much for hosting this instance. I appreciate it and will help with a small contribution of a few dollars per month from now own. ❤️

Just a headsup if you're trying to get on Open Collective, it looks like that might be another patreon scenario:

Done via GitHub, thanks for your work!

I still don't understand crypto, but Throne appears to have worked fine. I look forward to an option with reoccurring automatic payments.

Sent some etherium.

I donated a couple euros now.

I'll donate in the morning!

What would be good options for me if I just want to use my credit card to quickly buy whatever crypto and send it to any address I want? I did look at some sites a couple of days ago, but they were more for trading and didn't seem too great for this use case.

I never got into crypto even though I'm a huge nerd, so I have no idea which service is trustworthy and quick'n'easy to use.

I set up a Patreon subscription. I am a DevOps Engineer. If you ever need to move to a more distributed setup let me know.

May I ask where the server is hosted?