Hello Firo community members,

As a contributing Firo community developer, I built and continue to maintain the Firo RPC/TypeScript SDK (including ongoing security patches). I’m writing to request continued community funding for the Firo Block Explorer, which is built on that library and has been up daily since inception, with only brief, infrequent downtime.

My current dedicated server reservation expires in one month, and I’m consolidating onto a new, more capable server. Ongoing costs for the explorer include dedicated hosting, MongoDB Atlas (managed database with automated backups), and AWS S3 storage for the geolocation data used in masternode mapping. This is public data, based on IP sever general location, nothing tied back to you.

I’m requesting 333 FIRO (~$200) to help cover hosting, database, storage, and ongoing code maintenance/security patching for a year.

Optionally, I'd be glad to continue running a public Firo ElectrumX server on the same infrastructure at no additional cost to the community, useful for wallet/light-client developers in the ecosystem. Happy to include or drop this depending on community interest.

Thank you for your consideration.

**Block explorer:**

firoblocks.app

**Firo RPC Docs** (can be changed to MIT license from ISC if there's a preference):

firodocs.pages.dev