Editing I2P (section)

== Funding ==
The website states that "funding for I2P comes entirely from donations".<ref>{{Cite web |title=I2P: A scalable framework for anonymous communication – Introduction |url=https://geti2p.net/en/docs/how/tech-intro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314000316/https://geti2p.net/en/docs/how/tech-intro |archive-date=2022-03-14 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=I2P Website }}</ref> Admins and managers of the project said that "the core project itself doesn't take donations". These should instead go to secondary applications or be spent on hiring others, to work on I2P.<ref>{{Cite web |last=idk aka. eyedeekay |date=2022-03-06 |title=Network privacy via i2p w/ idk and Sadie |url=https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Opt Out Podcast |at=00:55:43 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307010619/https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Support for the [[onboarding]] for I2P came from the ''[[Open Technology Fund]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mascis |first=Sadie |date=2022-03-06 |title=Network privacy via i2p w/ idk and Sadie" |url=https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Opt Out Podcast |at=00:54:20 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307010619/https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Open Technology Fund |author-link=Open Technology Fund |title=5G and Human Rights |url=https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/5g-and-human-rights/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Open Technology Fund Website |date=4 January 2022 |publisher=[[U.S. Agency for Global Media]] |archive-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314022625/https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/5g-and-human-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In contrast to ''[[The Tor Project]]'', I2P has "not the financial or legal infrastructure to support a network of [[Tor (network)|exit nodes]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=idk aka. eyedeekay |date=2022-03-06 |title=Network privacy via i2p w/ idk and Sadie |url=https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Opt Out Podcast |at=00:34:20 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307010619/https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The reseed servers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Set up a Reseed Server |url=https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved/guides/reseed |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=I2P Website |archive-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314022059/https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved/guides/reseed |url-status=live }}</ref> a sort of bootstrap nodes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to volunteer by helping I2P-Bote bootstrap – Blog |url=https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2019/05/25/help-bootstrap-bote |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=I2p Website |archive-date=2022-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407054348/https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2019/05/25/help-bootstrap-bote |url-status=live }}</ref> which connect the user with the initial set of peers to join the I2P-network, should be run by volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=idk aka. eyedeekay |date=2022-03-06 |title=Network privacy via i2p w/ idk and Sadie |url=https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Opt Out Podcast |at=00:57:00 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307010619/https://optoutpod.com/episodes/s2e10-i2p/ |url-status=live }}</ref>