Our new donation system is now live and it is open to all members. You can access it by clicking on the Donate link in the navigation menu at the top of every page. This post will just cover the basics of the new system, but you can find the full details on the donate page. We are currently able to accept donations through Flattr and Bitcoin. Of those two, Bitcoin is our preferred method and also the one with the shortest delay for donors to receive benefits for donating. Not sure what Flattr or Bitcoin are?

Flattr is a social micropayment service based in Sweden and founded in part by one of the original founders of The Pirate Bay. They accept a lot of payment methods, including PayPal, Moneybookers, credit cards, and quite a few country-specific methods. Donating through Flattr takes only a few steps and because of the way their service works, we cannot award any benefits for donating until the start of the next calendar month.

Bitcoin is an open-source, decentralized digital currency that enables anyone, anywhere to make instant payments to anyone else. Bitcoins can be acquired through many online exchanges around the world, as well as from other people in person, and they are accepted as a method of payment by an increasing percentage of the Internet. Donation benefits can be awarded for bitcoin donations almost immediately, due to the reliability and permanence of the transactions. In fact, we plan to later fully automate the awarding of benefits for bitcoin donations, which will allow donors to receive any benefits they are due within a matter of minutes.

So what are these benefits for donating that I keep hearing about? In short: 300 bonus points per € donated, your account will never be pruned for inactivity, and, of course, that warm feeling in your heart knowing that you have helped keep ADC alive and online so we can all continue sharing Asian movies and series. For further information, see the donate page!

ADC is run by the community with a small team of volunteer staff members who try to keep everything running as smoothly as possible and make improvements where we think they are needed. All donations received will go to cover the costs associated with running the site and tracker. It is thanks to our community's generosity and varied contributions that ADC has managed to stay alive for more than nine years now (!), and we have every confidence that the support of our community will keep us going and moving forward for many years to come.