Keep the Lights On

Real costs. Real numbers. No corporate sponsors. Just us.

100% community funded

The Real Numbers

Every dollar accounted for. No slush funds. No mystery line items.

$63/month

What it costs to keep Much Love, No Fear online. Every line of it is below.

Monthly Costs

Expense Cost What It Does
Server Hosting $40.00/mo Streams, chat, video storage, the whole backend. Upgraded in August 2026 after the smaller box stopped keeping up with live streams.
Domain (mlnf.net) $0.99/mo Our address on the internet
Business Mailbox $14.99/mo The LLC's mailing address, required to keep the company registered
Total monthly $55.98/mo

Annual Compliance

Expense Cost What It Does
Registered Agent ~$25/yr Keeps the LLC legally active
Annual Report Filing ~$60/yr State compliance filing
Annual compliance total ~$85/yr (~$7.08/mo amortized)
All-in monthly equivalent ~$63/mo Hosting + domain + mailbox + amortized compliance

Seven $10 one-time donations cover next month outright.

The First 20 · Founding Supporters

The first circle is twenty seats, one for each of the first twenty runes, held by the first twenty people to subscribe. A founder keeps their seat whether or not they are still subscribed.

ᛞ   The first twenty · 15 seats open   ᛞ
Every founder's rune is announced in the news. Read the saga

15 seats are open. Subscribe and one is yours, along with every other perk of the tier from day one.

Choose Your Tier

Truth Warrior

$10

Monthly Support

  • Warrior profile badge
  • Ad-free browsing
  • 1,000 Runeshards monthly, plus 50 GB of replay storage
Select Plan
POPULAR

Viking Champion

$25

Monthly Support

  • Everything in Warrior
  • Champion profile badge
  • Name on stream overlay during live broadcasts
  • 2,500 Runeshards monthly, plus 150 GB of replay storage
  • Early access content
Select Plan

Freedom Jarl

$50

Monthly Support

  • Everything in Champion
  • "Founding Jarl" exclusive badge (can never be earned again)
  • Direct creator line
  • 5,000 Runeshards monthly, plus 500 GB of replay storage
  • Exclusive content
  • Name in credits
Select Plan

Creators Keep 85%

Every tip, every Super Chat, every subscription. A dollar buys 100 Runeshards, every one of them reaches the creator, and Runegold cashes out at 85 cents on the dollar. The platform keeps 15%, taken once at cash-out, to stay online and keep improving.

85%
MLNF
From day one. No tiers.
70%
YouTube
After monetization approval
50%
Twitch
70% only for top partners
~30%
TikTok
Opaque creator fund

When you support a creator here, they actually receive your support. No algorithms deciding who gets paid.

One-Time Donation

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Cryptocurrency Donations

Support us with decentralized currency for maximum privacy

USDC

USDC (Polygon)

Preferred - Lowest fees

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USDT (Polygon)

Same wallet, Tether on Polygon

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Bitcoin

Native BTC

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Ethereum (ERC-20)

Same address, ETH mainnet

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