This page is an attempt to track all the Bitcoin grants. This is a work in progress. Please send me details if I am missing a grant.
Grants
Need to add Square Crypto grants from Jan-Mar 2021.
| Grant Date |
Grantor |
Grantee |
Project Information |
GitHub/Source Code |
Contribution |
Amount |
| 2021/03 |
OKCoin |
Antoine Riard |
Why we may fail lightning |
ariard |
Bitcoin and Lightning development |
- |
| 2021/03 |
HRF |
Jesse Posner |
Discreet Log Contracts |
- |
DLCβs and adapter signatures |
$25,000 |
| 2021/03 |
HRF |
Muun Wallet |
Muun Wallet |
Bitcoin & Lightning wallet |
making self-custody easier |
$25,000 |
| 2021/03 |
HRF |
Janine |
This Month in Bitcoin Privacy |
Enegnei |
Bitcoin privacy newsletter |
$10,000 |
| 2021/03 |
HRF |
Blockchain Commons |
Research |
BlockchainCommons |
Bitcoin Internships |
$10,000 |
| 2021/03 |
zkSNACKs & Bull Bitcoin |
Bitcoin Knots |
Bitcoin Node and Wallet |
- |
Bitcoin full node software |
0.86 BTC |
| 2021/02 |
Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z |
New Development Fund for Africa and India |
Β |
- |
- |
500 BTC |
| 2021/02 |
BitMEX |
Michael Ford |
Β |
fanquake |
Bitcoin Core |
$100,000 |
| 2021/01 |
Marathon |
Jonas Schnelli |
Bitcoin Core |
jonasschnelli |
Bitcoin Core |
$96,000 |
| 2021/01 |
HRF |
Ben Kaufman |
Specter Wallet |
ben-kaufman |
Bitcoin wallet development |
$25,000 |
| 2021/01 |
HRF |
Global Mesh Labs |
Global Mesh Labs |
global-mesh-labs |
mesh networks |
$25,000 |
| 2020/12 |
Coinbase |
JoΓ£o Barbosa |
Bitcoin Core |
promag |
Bitcoin mobile development and code review |
- |
| 2020/12 |
Square Cyrpto |
PatrΓcia EstevΓ£o |
Bitcoin UX Proposal |
patestevao |
Bitcoin UX development |
- |
| 2020/10 |
Square Cyrpto |
Riccardo Casatta |
Bitcoin Deve Kit |
firma |
Bitcoin Development Kit |
- |
| 2020/09 |
John Pfeffer |
Antoine Riard |
Why we may fail lightning |
ariard |
Bitcoin and Lightning development |
- |
| 2020/08 |
Square Crypto |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin payments processing |
$100,000 |
| 2020/08 |
Square Crypto |
Daniel Nordh |
Bitcoin Design Guide |
danielnordh |
UX improvements for Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/08 |
Square Crypto |
Johns Beharry |
Consistent Push & Pull Payments on and off-chain |
peakshift |
account-identification, payment-requests, invoices, transactions, psbt |
- |
| 2020/08 |
BitMEX |
Calvin Kim |
Utreexo |
kcalvinalvin |
Accumulator for Bitcoin UTXO set |
$40,000 |
| 2020/08 |
OKCoin |
Marco Falke |
Bitcoin Core |
MarcoFalke |
Bitcoin testing framework |
+/- $100,000 |
| 2020/08 |
Human Rights Foundation |
openoms |
JoinInbox |
openoms |
Bitcoin Market GUI |
1 BTC |
| 2020/08 |
Human Rights Foundation |
Fontaine |
Fully Noded |
Fonta1n3 |
Bitcoin Core Client for iOS |
1 BTC |
| 2020/08 |
Human Rights Foundation |
Evan Kaloudis |
Zeus |
kaloudis |
Lightning Node Client |
1 BTC |
| 2020/08 |
Square Crypto |
Lloyd Fournier |
secp256kFUN! |
LLFourn |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/07 |
Square Crypto |
Thorbjoern Koenig |
A Human-first angle on Private Key Management |
Design and UX |
Bitcoin UX |
- |
| 2020/07 |
BitMEX |
Jeremy Rubin |
BIP 119 |
jeremyrubin |
Bitcoin |
$50,000 |
| 2020/07 |
Paradigm |
Anthony Towns |
Bitcoin |
ajtowns |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/07 |
Square Crypto |
Steve Myers |
Development of Bitcoin Developer Kit (BDK) |
BitcoinDevKit |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/07 |
Square Crypto |
Christoph Ono |
Β |
GBKS |
Bitcoin Design |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Square Crypto |
Vasil Dimov |
P2P and Privacy on Bitcoin |
vasild |
Bitcoin Core and LN |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Square Crypto |
Chris Belcher |
CoinSwap |
chris-belcher |
Bitcoin, CoinSwap |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Square Crypto |
Sergi Delgado |
Talaia Labs - Lightning Watchtowers |
talaia-labs |
Bitcoin, Lightning |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Human Rights Foundation |
Chris Belcher |
CoinSwap |
chris-belcher |
Bitcoin, CoinSwap |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Kraken |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/06 |
Square Crypto |
Ken Sedgwick |
Lightning Signer |
Lightning Signer |
Bitcoin, Lightning |
- |
| 2020/06 |
OKCoin & BitMEX |
Amiti Uttarwar |
Β |
amitiuttarwar |
Bitcoin |
$150,000 |
| 2020/06 |
BitMEX |
Gleb Naumenko |
BIP 330 |
naumenkogs |
Bitcoin |
$100,000 |
| 2020/05 |
OKCoin |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
$100,000 |
| 2020/05 |
BTSE |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
$80,000 |
| 2020/05 |
OKCoin |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
$100,000 |
| 2020/03 |
Square Crypto |
Tankred Hase |
Bitcoin Core |
tanx |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/03 |
Square Crypto |
Jon Atack |
Bitcoin Core |
jonatack |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2020/03 |
BitMEX |
Michael Ford |
Β |
fanquake |
Bitcoin Core |
$100,000 |
| 2020/03 |
BitMEX |
MIT Digital Currency Initiative |
The Digital Currency Initiative is a research community at the MIT Media Lab focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. |
mit-dci |
Bitcoin |
$250,000 |
| 2019/12 |
Square Crypto |
ZmnSCPxj |
Lightning |
ZmnSCPxj |
Bitcoin, Lightning |
- |
| 2019/12 |
OKCoin |
Fabian Jahr |
Β |
fjahr |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2019/11 |
Digital Garage Inc. |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
$30,000 |
| 2019/09 |
Square Crypto |
BTCPay Server |
BTCPay Server |
btcpayserver |
Bitcoin |
$100,000 |
| 2019/07 |
BitMEX |
Michael Ford |
Β |
fanquake |
Bitcoin |
$60,000 |
| 2019/05 |
BitMEX |
MIT Digital Currency Initiative |
The Digital Currency Initiative is a research community at the MIT Media Lab focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. |
mit-dci |
Bitcoin |
$250,000 |
| 2018/12 |
Hardcore Fund |
Ben Woosley |
Bitcoin Core |
Empact |
Bitcoin |
- |
| 2018/10 |
Hardcore Fund |
Luke Dash Jr. |
Bitcoin Core |
luke-jr |
Bitcoin |
- |
This page is inspired by @Polylunar_βs fantastic resource, Bitcoin Grants Tracker.
