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 Donate!
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-**570€ per year** aprox. is the cost to maintain and update REST Countries. Please help me cover these costs so I can keep improving this service.
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-[Donate]
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-### 2017 costs funded: 24.56%
+The restcountries project has been accquired by @apilayer, one of the leading providers of API microservices. We will keep supporting restcountries and providing it as a free solution for developers. We will finance this project fully and have turned off the donations feature.
 
 Users
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@@ -320,4 +316,4 @@ License
 [FxPro]: http://www.fxpro.com/
 [onefinestay]: https://www.onefinestay.com/
 [Much Better Adventures]: https://www.muchbetteradventures.com
-[SKROSS]: http://www.skross.com/en
+[SKROSS]: http://www.skross.com/en