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<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>We're in our final five days of Tor's annual Bug Smash Fund
campaign.</p>
<p>We're about $15,000 behind last year's donations--so we could use
your help to tweet, share, boost, and donate (if you can)! <br>
</p>
<p>Here's our latest tweet, for easy sharing:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1431303358116028419?s=20">https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1431303358116028419?s=20</a></p>
<p>Thank you, and happy weekend,<br>
</p>
<p>Al<br>
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Al Smith (they/them)
Fundraising Director
The Tor Project
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.torproject.org">https://www.torproject.org</a> |
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/2/21 3:33 PM, Al Smith wrote:<br>
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Hello Tor!<br>
<br>
Today, the Tor Project is launching our *third* annual <b>Bug
Smash Fund</b>,[1] a month-long fundraising campaign (8/1 -
8/31). The goal of the Bug Smash Fund campaign is to raise
unrestricted funds that we allocate to finding and fixing bugs /
doing maintenance / and addressing issues that aren’t flashy or
exciting for most funders, but totally necessary for the health of
Tor and all of the third-party apps that rely on Tor to provide
privacy, security, and anonymity to their users.<br>
<br>
Unrestricted funding, like what we’re raising for the Bug Smash
Fund, is key for the Tor Project to improve our agility and stop
relying on the slow, piecemeal process of grant funding in order
to accomplish our goals and respond to emergent issues.<br>
<br>
<u><b>In the last two years, we’ve used the Bug Smash Fund to
close 370 tickets</b></u> ranging from anti-censorship
development, onion services changes, improvements to
documentation, Tor Browser UX changes, and creating tooling for
development. We posted two updates over the past year where you
can read more about what we were able to do with this fund.[2][3]<br>
<br>
We need your help to amplify the campaign!<br>
<br>
How to help:<br>
<ul>
<li>Tweet about the Bug Smash Fund using the #TorBugSmash and a
link to our launch blog post.</li>
<li>Quote tweet @torproject posts about the Bug Smash Fund with
your own take about why unrestricted funds are so important
for the health of Tor.</li>
<li>Forward this email to those who might be able to amplify the
campaign.</li>
</ul>
<p>How you can contribute:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://donate.torproject.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Make a one-time donation</a> (and get
swag like Tor stickers and t-shirts in return)</li>
<li><a href="https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Donate in ten different
cryptocurrencies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://donate.torproject.org/monthly-giving/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Become a monthly donor and your own
Defenders of Privacy patch</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://donate.torproject.org/champions-of-privacy/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Make a contribution of $1,000 and
join the major donor group Champions of Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://opencollective.com/thetorproject"
moz-do-not-send="true">Transfer your Open Collective gift
card</a></li>
</ul>
If you have any questions about or ideas for the Bug Smash Fund
campaign, please email me or Isabela or <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:grants@torproject.org" moz-do-not-send="true">grants@torproject.org</a>,
we would be happy to discuss.<br>
<br>
Thanks everyone!<br>
<br>
Al<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2021"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2021</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2020-final-update"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2020-final-update</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-yr2-progress"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-yr2-progress</a><br>
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Al Smith (they/them)
Fundraising • Communications
The Tor Project
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