What the hell, I'll pledge 1 BTC. I don't really use DOSBox, but I do support the general idea of getting high-profile projects to accept Bitcoin.

That's great! Can you also send it to the collecting account? I want to be able to promise DOSBox "you have X BTC waiting for you" and honor it as soon as they post an address, rather than having to wait until everyone checks back for updates.

How many BTC do you guys think we should collect before talking to DOSBox?

Dear DOSBox crew,

Thank you for creating DOSBox, a source of great joy to appreciators of classic PC games everywhere.

I would like to interest you in starting to accept bitcoin donations. Bitcoin is an Open Source decentralized digital currency. Among other things, it allows easy transfers of money with no transaction fees. You can read more about Bitcoin at http://www.bitcoin.org/ .

The Bitcoin community has pledged to express their gratitude to you by donating X BTC (equivalent to roughly $Y USD). The funds have already been collected in a dedicated holding account, and we will transfer them to you as soon as you post a receiving address on your site. This, of course, is in addition to any additional bitcoin donations you may receive in the future.

If you find no other use for bitcoins, you can always sell them for USD in one of the bitcoin exchanges.

Getting started with Bitcoin is extremely easy. I will be happy to offer instructions as well as answer any questions you may have.

Thanks,
Holy-Fire [where "Holy-Fire" will be replaced by my meatspace name]

I think we already have enough for a very good chance of convincing them. I plan to contact them on Saturday. Keep the pledges coming until then! Having a greater pledge might encourage them to post their address in a more prominent place. Every little bit helps. Of course, they will surely also appreciate donations they receive afterward.

In the mean time, I'll submit for review the phrasing I intend to use (to be sent to the email address in the crew page).

We shouldn't assume, and it looks like Qbix might be dutch, but they currently solicit only USD donations. It's not guaranteed they can convert BTC directly to their local currency (I know I can't). They will probably be satisfied to know they can receive the more familiar USD. Also, should they ask, I'll recommend them to use CoinCard which only gives USD. Being able to convert directly to their required currency to save some exchange fees will be useful to them later on, but at this point it looks to me like unneeded clutter.