Donations are real wallet connections — never a placeholder address
TL;DR: The donate flow uses a genuine wallet connection (not a fake demo address shown before the real one exists), and copy-to-clipboard for anyone who'd rather send directly.
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What changed
- Donations connect through a real
window.ethereumwallet integration — no placeholder or demo address is ever shown standing in for a real one. - A copy-to-clipboard option exists for anyone who prefers to send a transaction directly rather than connecting a wallet through the site.
Why it mattered
It would have been faster to ship a fake-looking donation address early and swap it in later, but that’s exactly the kind of shortcut that erodes trust in a space that already has enough of it. The deliberate policy here: never show something that looks like a real destination for funds until it actually is one.