Quote from: theymos on August 19, 2011, 08:29:22 AM

If you donate 10 BTC (which pays for about a month of hosting), you get donator status:

If you donate 50 BTC, you get VIP status, which allows you to set a custom title:

This is not (yet) automatic: you need to PM me before donating. See the new donation page for more details.

This is part of an effort to make the forum self-sustaining. If donations alone are not enough, a few auctioned-off text ads will probably be added.

Will 17 USD-worth donation upgrade a newbie account?
IF it does, how long will it take for the upgrading and what status will it gain?
Thanks very much.