To tell you the truth I think we were spoiled with sponsorship amounts across all pools last season. It is not realistic to expect that much ever again unless we get some new player willing to sponsor serious money on the scene.
Yep, with BTC rising significantly all pools brought huge rewards in USD value.
This will again happen every few years but should not be something we take for granted.
PL pool alone had something like 0.3 BTC reward pool - which is over 20k$ at current prices.
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Let's concentrate on playing for fun and the sponsorship money will probably come - it always does one way or another.