👋 Hey there, I'm Feross! ✨

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I have been accepted into the GitHub Sponsors program. GitHub is matching donations for the first year, so if you want your support to go twice as far, consider supporting me on GitHub Sponsors . If you don't feel like doing that, no worries!I'm an open source creator, maintainer, and mad scientist. I work on projects like WebTorrent and Standard . I currently maintain 100+ packages on npm All my code is freely accessible on my GitHub page I also work on fun experiments like BitMidi , a free MIDI database, and Play , a music video app.Some of my favorite npm packages that I've written are simple-get (1M downloads/month), run-parallel (500K downloads/month), run-series (200K downloads/month), and simple-peer (26K downloads/month). I also wrote and maintain several popular browserify/webpack ecosystem packages like buffer (11M downloads/month) and safe-buffer (23M downloads/month).In the past, I was on the Node.js Board of Directors, representing individual Node.js users like you! It was an unpaid position, but I was happy to play some small part in making things better for everyone.Since I quit my job in February 2015, I've been working full-time on open source software. I devoted my full attention to making delightful open source software ✨ living off of savings from selling my startup. However, this can't continue forever.I'm raising funds on Patreon so I can devote more time to open source. I'd love to be able to devote several full days per week to maintaining existing projects 😇 as well as creating innovative new ones ✨.Your donation will enable me to continue releasing new versions of WebTorrent, WebTorrent Desktop, Standard, and 100's of other open source software packages that I maintain.Your donation also makes a clear statement:I care deeply about the JavaScript community. Six years ago, I fell in love with the pioneering mad scientists I met at community events like JSConf, NodeConf, and NodeSchool. Node.js and JavaScript are the first programming communities where I've felt truly at home.⚠️hasn't seen a new major release in over 8 months.✅ With your support, I can release the next major version of, version 11. And, I can get all future versions out the door on a more regular basis. ✨⚠️has been on the verge of version 1.0.0 for over 2 years now. We're literally on version 0.98.20. Have you ever seen a version number that close to 1.0.0 in your whole life? 😝 We're so close, and yet there's still over 100 open issues. 🤯✅ With your support, I can review the mountain of outstandingPRs and get version 1.0 out the door in 2020!⚠️is the best torrent app in existence (this is objective, I'm not biased at all 🤭). Yet, the app suffers from performance issues when too many torrents are added or too many peers show up. It's also missing important power user features like bandwidth throttling.✅ With your support, we can fix theperformance issues, release version 1.0, and push our monthly active user number from 50K users/month to 1M users/month and beyond by making the UX even better. uTorrent, Vuze, and Transmission better watch out!I have some cool rewards in store for those who choose to become supporters. Take a look at the cool stuff I'm offering.From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your love.— Ferosssome folks have asked me if it's possible to do a one-time donation, or if I accept cryptocurrency. Yes, and yes!Bitcoin (BTC) - 1GJjdX1Qkf9ZLmn13zjg8ske7uho6tSJxfBitcoin Cash (BCH) - qr4dzfukzwad47zsjxp2nsnvnw3dtd4uuv4jfch706Ether (ETH) - 0x0c0Ca4d20103Ce6AdA43e04dEdEC88a018f136E9Litecoin (LTC) - LVcmhXKTgijpwNpxv7d5SWtyUusedjTZ2FI also accept PayPal , if you insist. 😁