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docs: describe BTC/development with OpenCollective?

Add OpenCollective? transfer address to docs/donations.rst

Also update the Aspiration sections with overall details, and the
second phase we did in 2020.

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4=========
5Donations
6=========
7
8Donations to the Tahoe-LAFS project are welcome, and can be made to the
9following Bitcoin address:
10
11 1PxiFvW1jyLM5T6Q1YhpkCLxUh3Fw8saF3
12
13The funds currently available to the project are visible through the
14blockchain explorer:
15
16 https://blockchain.info/address/1PxiFvW1jyLM5T6Q1YhpkCLxUh3Fw8saF3
17
18Governance
19==========
20
21The Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation manages these funds. Our intention is
22to use them for operational expenses (website hosting, test
23infrastructure, EC2 instance rental, and SSL certificates). Future uses
24might include developer summit expenses, bug bounties, contract services
25(e.g. graphic design for the web site, professional security review of
26codebases, development of features outside the core competencies of the
27main developers), and student sponsorships.
28
29The Foundation currently consists of secorp (Peter Secor), warner (Brian
30Warner), and zooko (Zooko Wilcox).
31
32Transparent Accounting
33======================
34
35Our current plan is to leave all funds in the main `1Pxi` key until they
36are spent. For each declared budget item, we will allocate a new public
37key, and transfer funds to that specific key before distributing them to
38the ultimate recipient. All expenditures can thus be tracked on the
39blockchain.
40
41Some day, we might choose to move the funds into a more sophisticated
42type of key (e.g. a 2-of-3 multisig address). If/when that happens, we
43will publish the new donation address, and transfer all funds to it. We
44will continue the plan of keeping all funds in the (new) primary
45donation address until they are spent.
46
47Expenditure Addresses
48=====================
49
50This lists the public key used for each declared budget item. The individual
51payments will be recorded in a separate file (see `docs/expenses.rst`), which
52is not signed. All transactions from the main `1Pxi` key should be to some
53key on this list.
54
55* Initial testing (warner)
56  1387fFG7Jg1iwCzfmQ34FwUva7RnC6ZHYG
57  one-time 0.01 BTC deposit+withdrawal
58
59* tahoe-lafs.org DNS registration (paid by warner)
60  1552pt6wpudVCRcJaU14T7tAk8grpUza4D
61  ~$15/yr for DNS
62
63* tahoe-lafs.org SSL certificates (paid by warner)
64  $0-$50/yr, ending 2015 (when we switched to LetsEncrypt)
65  1EkT8yLvQhnjnLpJ6bNFCfAHJrM9yDjsqa
66
67* website/dev-server hosting (on Linode, paid by secorp)
68  ~$20-$25/mo, 2007-present
69  1MSWNt1R1fohYxgaMV7gJSWbYjkGbXzKWu (<= may-2016)
70  1NHgVsq1nAU9x1Bb8Rs5K3SNtzEH95C5kU (>= jun-2016)
71
72* 2016 Tahoe Summit expenses: venue rental, team dinners (paid by warner)
73  ~$1020
74  1DskmM8uCvmvTKjPbeDgfmVsGifZCmxouG
75
76* Aspiration contract
77  $300k-$350k (first phase, 2019)
78  $800k (second phase, 2020)
79  1gDXYQNH4kCJ8Dk7kgiztfjNUaA1KJcHv
80
81* OpenCollective development work (2023)
82  ~$260k
83  1KZYr8UU2XjuEdSPzn2pF8eRPZZvffByDf
84
85
86Historical Donation Addresses
87=============================
88
89The Tahoe project has had a couple of different donation addresses over
90the years, managed by different people. All of these funds have been (or
91will be) transferred to the current primary donation address (`1Pxi`).
92
93* 13GrdS9aLXoEbcptBLQi7ffTsVsPR7ubWE (21-Aug-2010 - 23-Aug-2010)
94  Managed by secorp, total receipts: 17 BTC
95* 19jzBxijUeLvcMVpUYXcRr5kGG3ThWgx4P (23-Aug-2010 - 29-Jan-2013)
96  Managed by secorp, total receipts: 358.520276 BTC
97* 14WTbezUqWSD3gLhmXjHD66jVg7CwqkgMc (24-May-2013 - 21-Mar-2016)
98  Managed by luckyredhot, total receipts: 3.97784278 BTC
99  stored in 19jXek4HRL54JrEwNPyEzitPnkew8XPkd8
100* 1PxiFvW1jyLM5T6Q1YhpkCLxUh3Fw8saF3 (21-Mar-2016 - present)
101  Managed by warner, backups with others
102
103Validation
104==========
105
106This document is signed by the Tahoe-LAFS Release-Signing Key (GPG keyid
1072048R/68666A7A, fingerprint E34E 62D0 6D0E 69CF CA41 79FF BDE0 D31D 6866
1086A7A). It is also committed to the Tahoe source tree
109(https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git) as `docs/donations.rst`.
110Both actions require access to secrets held closely by Tahoe developers.
111
112signed: Brian Warner, 25-Oct-2023
113
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