Hi,
I told a friend today about bitcoin. And they told me "their site is down."
For a newb the wiki is the site of Bitcoin... and when it's down - this is so bad for us as a community.
So we need to backup and mirror.
Ways you can help:
1. Donate usd/btc to the points below ( for non-tech users or users with no time and btc at hand)
2. Help write an auto-refreshing-mirror-in-a-box for the wiki's xml - for easy install on any webhost [ overall cost - 5h or work - around 100 usd ]
3. Install such a mirror on a server of yours [ cost should be 0.5 - 1 h to do - 10 usd ]
4. Host the mirror continuously [ cost 5 usd / mo , 60 / year]
Are there volunteers ? Do you want to help?
I begin writing the script and will post any updates here. I will also setup several mirrors.
I accept btc at 1ET3n9xtnyXdy4o7e1K1jq9PsaRKueYShN
Will publish any donations here.
Relevant links:
- today's outage - [Bitcoin Wiki is inaccessible (connection refused) (en.bitcoin.it) submitted 2 hours ago by alexkravets] -
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/10l8ni/bitcoin_wiki_is_inaccessible_connection_refused/- I remember reading that this forum was rooted in 2011 ... so we definitely need some p2p backup.