Don’t stop donations this early. It always helps to allow an extra 5% or 10% for contingencies. Don’t to play it too tight. Things always come up – crashed or early-defective drives and other hardware problems & wear for replacement, new hardware/software for special problems, and more. Did anyone factor in poita's (and team?) utilities (electricity, air-conditioning, supplies for his machines, coffee) also needed to accomplish this feat? 😃 It all costs to get it done.
We had discussed this with Poita early on, but I’m addressing this again with him privately because I also would want Poita to have some of his expenses covered. His generosity is out of this world but he should definitely NOT be left only with expenses.