Members of the Bitcoin Community Create $1.2M Grant
A large group of the companies and innovators from the Bitcoin community have announced the creation of a US$1.2 million grant fund towards Bitcoin development. The open source project has enriched the lives of many globally, and the grant aims to support optimizing the protocol. Bitcoin Community Initiates $1.2 Million Bitcoin Protocol Development....
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A new grant project aimed at greater diversity in Bitcoin development is offering $1.2 million USD to fund programming teams working on the protocol. Many High Profile Industry Backers. In a post titled “A Statement from Members of the Bitcoin Community,” several prominent individuals and companies in the Bitcoin space declared their support. The two signers contributing to the grant fund are mining company Bitmain and Bitcoin.com. Many supporting signers belong to the all-important Chinese Bitcoin mining industry, who have influence over a large proportion of the Bitcoin network’s total....
Bitcoin.com, Bitmain Technologies and several bitcoin companies have announced a $1.2 million Bitcoin Development Grant for bitcoin protocol development. There is to be no “official” bitcoin. The statement announcing the grant acknowledged there has been a “deep rift” that has distracted the bitcoin community. The grant is to support teams working on bitcoin protocol, foster the greater diversity of innovation and improve freedom of choice for bitcoin users. Founding Principles Stated. The Bitcoin Development Grant website cited the following principles as a foundation upon which to....
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