We are updating the second post manually after each distribution (which is also done manually) so not sure if it makes much sense using that tool in this case, but we could display the live balance along with each day's stats so it's easier to follow.
Nothing happens if people don't deposit, same as if we never started this campaign. On the other hand that would mean that there is no interest at all in Whirlwind, even though it's hard to believe that will be the case. All the feedback we received until now from people that tried us out was very positive, especially for the Pay to Note system. We built a novel system and that's almost surely the reason why it takes longer for users to get accustomed to it and understand its advantages, but with time we are sure this will change for the better.
So if I understand correctly you need to have more transactions for this campaign to work, that means it's better to have a 1000 transactions sent with 0.1 BTC than to have 100 BTC sent all at once from one wallet?
1000 x 0.1 BTC is definitely a lot better than 1 x 100 BTC for the stage we are in now, but it's still not ideal.
For a total volume of 100 BTC the best case scenario would look like this: 100 x 0.1 BTC | 20 x 0.5 BTC | 20 x 1 BTC | 6 x 5 BTC | 3 x 10 BTC
The more varied the deposited amounts are and the more transactions happen, the better it is since it will make it much harder for anyone to track where outputs originate from.
Imagine we got to the 10,000 Anonymity Set goal and the deposited amounts look like this: 2000 x 0.1 BTC | 2000 x 0.5 BTC | 2000 x 1 BTC | 2000 x 5 BTC | 1000 x 10 BTC | 1000 x 50 BTC
Now you want to find out where a 0.5 BTC or 1 BTC or 5 BTC output might originate from, where do you even start? It could originate from one or multiple deposits out of the entire 10,000, or it could simply be a Pay to Note transfer, how could you know? Even if you have access to the most advanced analytics software in existence it's impossible to figure it out unless you have outside information. This is why it's crucial to grow the Anonymity Set as fast as possible, if we manage to succeed in doing this then nothing comes close to the privacy you're getting when using Whirlwind. The Anonymity Mining campaign's role is to help us get there faster by basically paying for these deposits to happen.