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OpenSats has received an additional donation of $21M from #startsmall - @jack's philanthropic initiative.
$15,000,000 going to our General Fund.
$5,000,000 to our Nostr Fund.
$1M to our operations budget.
Let us proceed together apace.
Onward.
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"The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them," - Hal Finney
We are proud to announce grants for over a dozen open source projects in the bitcoin ecosystem.
Freedom Tech is Hope 🫡
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Nostr is a censorship resistant open source communication protocol that is incredibly complementary to bitcoin.
We are funding sixteen projects in our first round of nostr grants.
Much more to come. We are just getting started. 🫡
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We have received $10M in additional funding that will be used to support free and open source software. 🫡
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8 New Grants
33 Existing Grants
The freedom tech will continue until morale improves 🫡
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ARK TO DONATE A FIXED PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE TO OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS IN PERPETUITY.
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👀 501(c)(3) approved
Donations to OpenSats, which are 100% passed through to #Bitcoin Core and FOSS contributors will now officially be tax deductible for all donors.
Lots more coming soon™ , but figured we’d share the good news.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR CALLE
@callebtc is recognized for his ongoing work with Cashu, a free and open-source bitcoin powered Chaumian Ecash protocol that greatly improves user transaction privacy and efficiency.
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opensats has sent $30 million to 330 open source contributors over the last five years
every month we send roughly $1 million worth of bitcoin to recipients in 40+ countries
we operate on a full bitcoin standard and take zero fee on donations
push forward
never stop 🫡
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Just today, we've received over:
530 Individual Donations
1.13 BTC
$14,000 USD
to support the OpenSats legal defense fund.
462 of the 530 donations have been in Bitcoin.
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We are proud to launch the Open Sats legal defense fund which aims to defend open-source Bitcoin contributors from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin & FOSS ecosystems by directing donations to fund legal fees related to these contributions
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OPENSATS RECEIVES $1,000,000 DONATION FROM REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
The Reynolds Foundation is supporting OpenSats with a generous $1M donation, noting that they "warmly invite fellow philanthropists to join [them] in supporting this groundbreaking endeavor."
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OUR FOURTH WAVE OF NO STRINGS ATTACHED OPEN SOURCE BITCOIN GRANTS:
- Splicing in LDK
- Bitcoin Core Testing Suite
- BLAST
- Scaling Lightning
- Satsigner
- Firebolt
- The Bitaxe
- The Bitcoin LARP Game
- Braidpool
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>_ hello world
Our website (opensats.org) is officially live for our ~soft~ launch.
If you are a contributor to #Bitcoin Core or related free and open source projects, we hope you apply to be pre-listed on our site for when we launch our full donation platform soon!
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR JASON DONENFELD
Jason is the creator of WireGuard, a highly secure VPN protocol, and the primary author and maintainer of the Linux kernel's random number generator (RNG), both of which play a critical role in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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The LTS program has a longer time horizon than regular grants, geared towards long-term stability for grantees.
The first recipient is @MarcoFalke, a long-term maintainer and contributor of Bitcoin Core with thousands of contributions over many years. 🫡
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR JON ATACK
Jon has been pivotal in strengthening Bitcoin Core through general code review and ongoing maintenance. As a BIPs editor and maintainer, Jon plans to help ensure critical proposals are carefully reviewed.
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BREAKING: OPENSATS TO PROVIDE LONG TERM SUPPORT FUNDING TO BITCOIN CORE DEV GLEB NAUMENKO 🫡
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ANNOUNCING THE OPENSATS EDUCATION INITIATIVE
As part of our commitment to fostering knowledge and understanding of Bitcoin, starting today we are accepting grant applications specifically focused on Bitcoin educational projects.
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SECOND WAVE OF EDUCATION GRANTS
Empowering individuals through education that supports the Bitcoin ecosystem.
- Bitcoin Jungle
- Bitcoin Indonesia
- Deciphering Bitcoin
- BOBSpaces Residency: Cohort 3
- Statsie's Pocket Guides
- Africa Free Routing
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WE APPROVED TEN MORE GRANTS.
ONWARD 🫡
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We’re looking for a general manager to help lead the Bitcoin nonprofit.
We can offer a 1 BTC (maybe more if people chip in) salary in order to manage the org, handle day to day ops, manage inbound grant and project requests, and reach out to business and community for funds.
I started @OpenSats because Bitcoin and FOSS needs a sustainable funding mechanism & the free rider problem is a yet to be solved issue.
Everyone gets, nobody gives.
We offer a 100% passthrough mechanism so every dollar you give goes where you want it to, and you write it off.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR WILLIAM CASARIN
@jb55 is a prolific contributor to a twitter alternative that cannot be mentioned on this platform without this post being shadow banned. Which is exactly why his work is so important.
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Proud to announce that we've now added BTCPayServer and Bitcoin Policy Institute as approved projects on opensats.org
You can now donate to these projects through our 501(c)(3) and receive a tax deduction
Proud to support these and other amazing FOSS Bitcoin projects
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2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
Our goal is to be the most efficient, transparent, and effective global charity in the world. This mission is only possible because we run on a bitcoin standard.
This year we took a massive step forward. Next year we go bigger. 🫡
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BREAKING: OPENSATS TO PROVIDE LONG TERM SUPPORT TO BITCOIN DEV 'FURSZY'
We are now providing long term support funding to seven bitcoin devs.
This is in addition to the 50+ project grants we are also funding.
Onward 🫡
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Josi Baker is our newest LTS grantee.
Josi will receive long-term support from OpenSats for his continued work on Bitcoin Core.
Additionally, Josi plans to work on the libbitcoinkernel project as a reviewer, tester, and contributor.
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TWELFTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
This round features five first-time grants and seven grant renewals for ongoing efforts that continue to deliver meaningful results.
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SIXTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
We are excited to announce our sixth wave of Bitcoin grants, reaffirming our commitment to supporting freedom tech and projects that help bitcoin flourish.
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In keeping with our commitment to supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem, OpenSats is pleased to announce a new round of grants focused on Bitcoin Core development.
Push forward. Never stop.
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If you are an open source contributor apply here: opensats.org/apply
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NINTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS
The five projects in this funding wave are:
- AlgoRelay
- Pokey
- Nostr Safebox
- Persian NIPs
- LumiLumi
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We are very excited to award a Long-term Support Grant to @renepickhardt, helping him continue his fundamental research on improving Bitcoin’s overall usefulness as a payment system through the Lightning Network.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR FIATJAF
This LTS grant will enable fiatjaf to focus on some of his nostr side projects, such as nostr-tools, nos2x, go-nostr, khatru, eventstore, njump, loure, wikistr, patch34, nak, gitstr, song, mmm, and promenade.
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ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR BITCOIN CORE CONTRIBUTORS
Each grantee will focus on key aspects of Bitcoin Core, from enhancing the Initial Block Download (IBD) process and optimizing database performance to deepening code reviews and improving test coverage.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR BRUNO GARCIA
The creator of bitcoinfuzz, a tool essential for detecting bugs within Bitcoin and is contributing to ASMap, a feature designed to fortify the Bitcoin network's resilience by encouraging nodes to diversify connections.
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FOURTEENTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
Each of these projects contributes to keeping Bitcoin decentralized, transparent, and user-driven, while ensuring it remains robust and accessible.
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OpenSats has provided over 300 grants to developers working on freedom tech projects.
Support from @tether will help us continue to scale our mission globally.
Let us proceed together apace. Onward.
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SEVENTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
- Kyoto
- Minibits
- DLC Dev Kit
- Cove
- Nutmix
- ASmap
- Floresta
- AssumeUTXO in BCA
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to fund projects that push the boundaries of what's possible. Onward. 🫡
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR DUSTY DAEMON
Dusty has contributed significantly to the Lightning Network specificationsand the design and implementation of Splicing.
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Our latest Long Term Support grantee, @0xB10C, builds bitcoin network monitoring tools, notably the Bitcoin Core tracing framework, providing detailed insights into network activities.
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Gonna have to setup some email filters due to the generosity of the Bitcoin community.
We are all Satoshi.
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OPENSATS IS LIVE FOR DONATIONS!
501(c)(3) nonprofit with 100% donation passthrough to contributors to #Bitcoin free and open source projects.
Give back to bitcoin AND get a tax write off!
Easily donate fiat or bitcoin to a specific FOSS project you like or to the general fund!
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FIFTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
Our goal is to provide sustainable funding for FOSS contributors, especially those who make Bitcoin flourish. Over the last couple of weeks, our board has selected ten more projects for funding.
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Supporting freedom tech projects is much more effective than arguing with corrupt politicians on twitter.
We just approved seven more grants.
76 grants total. Funded with bitcoin.
Onward 🫡
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ADVANCEMENTS IN BITCOIN AND LIGHTNING WALLETS
A new wave of development has advanced bitcoin self custody.
The result is a more capable and accessible network built on verifiable code and open collaboration.
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EIGHTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
We remain committed to empowering developers worldwide who are building groundbreaking tools, improving user experience, and strengthening the overall security of Bitcoin and its users.
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BUILD ASSET MANAGEMENT TO DONATE 10% OF MANAGEMENT FEES TO SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE BITCOIN DEVELOPMENT
- Funds will be split equally between OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund
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Eat well. ✅
Support open source. ✅
Every bitcoin meal @SteaknShake sells supports the open source contributors who make this movement possible.
Let us proceed together apace.
Onward. 🫡
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Hey Bitcoiners 👋
We could use some inbound for a fundraiser we're putting on soon.
If you'd like to open a channel to support FOSS, here's our node info:
amboss.space/node/037c862ec7…
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We could use some inbound liquidity for donations for free and open source contributors to bitcoin. We’re 100% passthrough, take nothing, and give everything we get.
Thanks plebs.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR VITOR PAMPLONA
Eventually you all will use nostr.
Until then we will keep supporting the devs building out the future.
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Special shoutout to @john_zaprite and @futurepaul for all their hard work to help build out our website.
Paul built the entire website and John has been helping us with all of our accounting and email integrations.
OpenSats wouldn't exist without them.
Thank you guys so much.
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FIFTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS
Including these 11 projects, we have now issued a total of 57 grants to various nostr projects. Additionally, we are providing long-term support for exceptional nostr developers such as Pablo, Stuart, hzrd149, Will, and Yuki.
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TWELFTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS
We are pleased to announce our latest wave of grants supporting the nostr ecosystem as it evolves to become more versatile and resilient.
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NINTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
This round of grants features a range of initiatives, each offering unique contributions to bitcoin development and practical applications.
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We are now providing long term support to Vasil Dimov.
Vasil started contributing full-time to Bitcoin Core in 2020. Since then, he has worked on various improvements, focusing mostly on the networking layer of the software.
Onward 🫡
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BREAKING: OPENSATS TO PROVIDE LONG TERM SUPPORT TO MATT MOREHOUSE WITH FOCUS ON LIGHTNING NETWORK SECURITY
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Excited to announce we’ve hired a General Manager for OpenSats!
Welcome to the team @harptheflarp!
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One of the things we are most proud of is the success of our long-term support program.
The idea is simple: we want devs to work on the freedom tech they are passionate about, without having to stress out about how to pay for food or rent every month.
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Ensuring that bitcoin use remains private and secure requires ongoing development, and OpenSats grantees are at the forefront of this effort.
OpenSats is dedicating the next few months to highlighting the innovative work of our grantees.
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ADVANCEMENTS IN DEVELOPER TRAINING
OpenSats supports education initiatives that lower barriers to entry, build contributor skills, and strengthen the open-source Bitcoin ecosystem.
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OpenSats is also live on Amazon Smile!
Every time you make a purchase at smile.amazon.com, Amazon makes a donation to OpenSats to support #Bitcoin FOSS contributors.
Here's the link to our page if you'd like to set us up as your default charity: smile.amazon.com/ch/85-27222…
We’re live for donations on the @benevity platform which hundreds of large corporations (like Google, Twitter, Starbucks, etc.) use for corporate giving and donation matching.
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OPENSATS IMPACT REPORT: ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTNING INFRASTRUCTURE
OpenSats grantees are at the forefront of building this foundational infrastructure to enhance the Lightning Network's liquidity, interoperability, testing, and security.
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What lightning network contributors are most deserving of a grant? We’re particularly interested in the underfunded & have some bitcoin to give away thanks to our amazing donors. This one(s) is from @bottlepay
More to come, funded by others like @SwanBitcoin & @shakepay soon :)
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Can't stop. Won't stop.
Onward 🫡
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR PABLOF7Z
We hope that our long-term support will allow Pablo to work on freedom tech for many years to come.
Pablo is a prolific open source dev, his notable projects include: NDK, nsecBunker, Shipyard, Highlighter, and Wikifreedia
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Happy to announce OpenSats was able to raise 5,415,996 sats + $358 USD during our silent auction at Bitcoin 2021.
When our USD funds clear our Stripe account, we will smash buy Bitcoin!
At today's prices, OpenSats' silent auction raised a total of:
~6.3M sats or $2,466 USD
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New month, new LTS grantee! Sjors Provoost is the latest bitcoin core developer receiving long-term support from OpenSats, alongside Marco Falke and Josi Baker.
Onward 🫡
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR YUKI KISHIMOTO
Yuki is the maintainer and creator of rust-nostr. This project includes a high-level nostr client library, language bindings, and more.
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BREAKING: OPENSATS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR 12 ADDITIONAL NOSTR PROJECTS BRINGING TOTAL TO 31 🫡
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RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO BITCOIN
Over the past two years, we have made 41 announcements highlighting our commitment to support contributors and projects working to not only grow the Bitcoin ecosystem but also make it more resilient and robust.
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR SHASHWAT VANGANI
This LTS grant will enable Shashwat to focus on the deployment of BOLT-12 within LDK, with a particular focus on blinded paths, invoice overpayments, and retrying invoice requests.
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THIRD WAVE OF EDUCATION GRANTS
We must advance bitcoin literacy and community development across the globe. These grants represent our ongoing commitment to supporting projects that make Bitcoin education more accessible, practical, and inspiring.
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TENTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS
•Chachi
•Zapstore
•HyperNote
•Nostr Epoxy
•Futr
•Npub Cash
•Notedeck
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We doubled our channels and 20x’d our inbound capacity with one tweet out to the community.
If we really needed help, the community is there. Support for bitcoin and open source is so strong.
We love you all and stay tuned. Some big things coming.
Hey Bitcoiners 👋
We could use some inbound for a fundraiser we're putting on soon.
If you'd like to open a channel to support FOSS, here's our node info:
amboss.space/node/037c862ec7…
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR ALEX GLEASON
Alex was formerly Head of Engineering at Donald Trump's Truth Social. He is now laser focused on open source nostr development.
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Any #Bitcoin artists like the idea of donating a piece of work to OpenSats so we can run a silent auction at Bitcoin 2021?
All auction proceeds would go to fund contributors to Bitcoin core + related free and open source projects.
If so, hit us up :)
#bitcoinart
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THIRTEENTH WAVE OF NOSTR GRANTS
Supporting these projects reflects our belief that resilient open-source software is a public good. Once built, they can be reused, adapted, and scaled by the community.
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THIRTEENTH WAVE OF BITCOIN GRANTS
This round includes five first-time project grants and three grant renewals, with every satoshi going straight to the developers and maintainers of each respective project.
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Almost 1000 unique donations in day.
@OpenSats Legal Defense Fund now has live donation tally! opensats.org/projects/opensa…
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What is required is a neutral protocol; a protocol that is truly open in terms of usage and development alike; a protocol that does not discriminate, just like bitcoin does not discriminate.
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LET A THOUSAND FLOWERS BLOOM
We are funding multiple external independent organizations with the intention of helping make the overall funding landscape even more robust than it is today.
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You can now give back to Bitcoin devs online or in-app.
Donate to OpenSats on our web portal at OpenSats.org or from within The Bitcoin Company mobile app.
🚨NEW FEATURE: DONATIONS🚨
Donate to @OpenSats & other Bitcoin open-source projects + contributors directly in our app!
All funds are given to OpenSats to distribute to the project you choose @ZeusLN @thunderhubio @RoninDojoNode @BitcoinQ_A @SparrowWallet @JeremyRubin @fanquake
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR @m1sterc001guy
The primary maintainer of the Fedimint Lightning Gateway, he has played an instrumental role in connecting federated communities to the wider Bitcoin Lightning network, enabling seamless payment experiences.
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FOURTH WAVE OF EDUCATION GRANTS
Whether training the next generation of developers in local languages, creating censorship-resistant content, or expanding grassroots curriculum, each project in this wave aims to empower individuals and communities.
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Donate Anonymously or Get a Tax Deduction.
All Funds Held in Bitcoin. All Grants Paid in Bitcoin. We Take No Cut. 100% of Donations Go to Open Source Contributors.
opensats.org/
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In honor of this momentous follower milestone, here’s an announcement of an announcement.
Very soon we will be soft launching our website with a simple call to action for #bitcoin and FOSS contributors to apply to be pre-listed on our site for our hard launch in May.
Stay tuned
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OpenSats aims to be a low-time preference, long-term thinking organization.
We focus our funding and efforts on open-source code and education projects that will prove to provide long-term value for Bitcoin as infrastructure. 🫡
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