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Aw man, no bitcoin donor link. I would have thrown some money at this if I didn't have to go through wonky fiat transaction sites I don't use. 500k Euros is ab
by zanny 13y ago
Aw man, no bitcoin donor link. I would have thrown some money at this if I didn't have to go through wonky fiat transaction sites I don't use.
500k Euros is absurdly low for an animated film. I'm worried that by not using a popular crowdfunding service they won't have the visibility or at least retention to reach their goal.
I do think this is the future of film - no, information - creation in general. It is just missing investors insurance in case the project fails to get mass market appeal. But it lets us just toss that outdated corrupting copyright regime we have right now.
- bhouston 13y agoBlender is an established and well known and loved product with really decent PR mechanisms so they don't need the visibility one gets on Kickstarter generally, although Kickstarter's fees are relatively low so it probably won't have hurt much.
- zanny 13y agoIt isn't really about availability, I'd attribute it more to laziness - once you donate to one project on Kickstarter it is painfully easy to repeat on another half dozen. Having to go through payment forms here might turn a huge portion of potential donors off.
- microcolonel 13y agoThere will be Bitcoin soon apparently, according to Ton's Twitter.
- shankysingh 13y ago500k Euros is a low amount but they have already raised money from 3 other investors: [1] European Union [2] Creative Industries Fund NL [3] BDO Accountants src: http://gooseberry.blender.org/sponsor/ http://gooseberry.blender.org/sponsor/