Quote from: Meni Rosenfeld on May 24, 2011, 11:14:51 AM

Quote from: frostyMiner on May 24, 2011, 09:00:48 AM

I am under the impression that many people here consider single bitcoins as nothing.

A single bitcoin goes for about $7, how is that nothing?
Nothing wrong with donating, but TBH I can think of some worthier causes than you.

Quote from: frostyMiner on May 24, 2011, 09:00:48 AM

Unrelated question folks,
I just received my first donation of 1BTC (THANK YOU SO MUCH!)
But when I click the transaction in my wallet program,
it says "From: Unknown."

Uhh... is this on purpose by the sender, wishing to be noble?
Is there something I need to do to see sending addresses?

You're not supposed to know who sent bitcoins. You can find out which address(es) it came from in block explorer, but there's no guarantee the sender even controls that address. You can make it work if you warn people to make sure they indeed control the sending address.
Usually, Distinguishing senders is achieved by giving a different receiving address to each.

Quote from: frostyMiner on May 24, 2011, 10:10:40 AM

If the community all gives a tiny bit toward getting another heavy miner up and running,
and is repaid for their generosity, it benefits the entire community,

Mining is a very small positive externality, partly because the increase in the difficulty will discourage other people from mining. It's not really a very worthy cause for soliciting donations.
If you were under the impression that getting more people to mine is currently an important goal for Bitcoin development, you got it wrong.
A 20% return can be attractive, if you can convince that you are actually willing and able to make good on the promise.

First: Some people mine hundreds per day, was thinking of them I suppose.
Second: That is a problem, I will need to setup some kind of system. For now people can PM me with their amount and wallet.
Third: Got me there, except I'm pretty sure the founder of bitcoins would want more and more miners.
Fourth: ...I promise?