DNM Ascend Celebrates Its First Month!

Vultr Invoice Screenshot

Confidential information such as names and addresses has been redacted to protect the privacy of those involved.

The listed "Snapshots" are part of our essential safety protocols. These allow us to quickly restore the server in the event of critical issues or outages.
We maintain several recent snapshots at any given time to ensure rapid and reliable recovery points.

To optimize performance and storage, snapshots older than five days are automatically removed, making way for more current and stable backups.

In addition, we utilize Vultr's DDoS Protection and have secured a Reserved IPv4 address (139.180.184.113) as part of our upgrade to a more powerful server.

Summary of April Hosting Costs:

• Previous Server (2GB RAM): $3.47
• Upgraded Server (4GB RAM): $17.43

Total Vultr Hosting Expenses for April: $24.32

Current Server Specifications:

• 4GB RAM
• 100GB NVMe Storage
• 2 vCPUs

Non-Server Expenses Screenshot:

This section outlines other operational costs not related to hosting infrastructure:

1. Facebook Ads – ₱1,500: Strategically used to expand our player base and increase visibility.
2. Fiverr Services – ₱786.31: Paid for professional media assets and promotional videos used in marketing.
3. reCAPTCHA v3 – ₱1,858.02: An unexpected cost due to a spike in user traffic driven by ads, which exceeded the free tier limits.

To avoid incurring this cost in the future, we’ve now fully migrated to Cloudflare Turnstile—a free and privacy-respecting alternative to Google reCAPTCHA

Total Non-Server Expenses: ₱4,144.33

Final Expense Overview

Combined total expenses for April: ₱5,502.59

Community Donations

We’re thrilled to share that community contributions totaled ₱10,000, covering our monthly expenses with a surplus of nearly 50%.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated—your support means the world to us.
As a token of our appreciation, we’ll be preparing special rewards for our Top 3 Donors, to be distributed sometime in May. Please bear with us as we finalize features and content tied to this thank-you gesture.

Thank you for supporting DNM Ascend. We remain committed to transparency and community-driven growth.