PAYMENT STATUS:
July 1, 2015 - Paid $4.98 (USD) for July 6 to August 6 hosting fee.
Our balance was $34.77 and is now $29.79.
Currently, only 4 of the 14 whitelisted players have donated. (I am one of them.)
Well without checking the wiki, I will recall what I know from two-three years ago: there are tiers of material, and higher tiers allows for more buffs (or higher level buffs, or something like that)
Okay, I am wrong: The type of mineral block used to build the pyramid is entirely cosmetic and has no functional effect.