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The amount society is losing by making this guy wake up at 2am to deliver papers on a friggin' bicycle just boggles the mind.

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Here is a gofundme for him. Not many funders, it looks like:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-ransomware-hero-michael-gille...

And a Patreon as well: https://www.patreon.com/demonslay335

Might I ask, what is the trust model for GoFundMe campaigns launched on the behalf of someone. Does GoFundMe do an escrow/arbitrage sort of thing to assure that the money gets to Gillepsie and not the organiser of this event?

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