Donate

Thank you for considering donating! 😄

The recommended donation method is using XMR (Monero). Payments are processed faster and in a private manner. You can read more about Monero and it’s advantages over other cryptocurrencies here.

Advantages for donators

Minimum donation for services: 0.1 XMR or equivalent in USD

A one time donation grants you the following for 1 year:

• Account on Gitea
• Account on the Matrix homeserver matrix.elpengu.com
• Email account with the format name@‎elpengu.com
• (Permanent) Your name on this page and my gratitude :)

Why do these services require a donation?

Simply because they take a lot of resources. 75% of the server resources go to these 3 services, so offering them to everyone would make it impossible to sustain the server costs.

After donating

To claim your services, contact me via Email or Matrix, specifying the payment proof (transaction key).

Terms

ElPengu promotes software freedom and anonymity online, thus some terms of service must be put in place to ensure operability while preserving your anonymity.

Using ElPengu’s private services, you agree to:

• Not engage in any illegal activites
• Not interrupt in any way the server’s functionality (i.e. DoS, Spam etc.)
• Not disturb other ElPengu service users’ experience
• Report any bugs found in the server’s infrastructure

These terms are subject to change, but the main idea is: use what’s yours in a way that does not destroy what’s others’.

Breaking these terms may result in a temporary or permanent ban from using ElPengu’s private services.

Hosting costs

elpengu.com is hosted at OVH, on a regular VPS. Hosting costs are around 280€ per year for the VPS and 12€ per year for the DNS. I am a student, so I’m currently paying for these services from my own money, so any donations are appreciated.

Donating helps me pay for hosting and allows me to expand VPS specifications, in order to host more services and have better performance.