HRF Announces $200,000 Grants to Support Bitcoin Builders Worldwide

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• The Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund has announced a new set of grants totaling $200,000 to support builders in the Bitcoin industry across the globe.
• Areas of focus include Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia.
• Grants will be used to support projects such as Coinpool, scaling Bitcoin solutions, building of circular economies, meetups, conferences and training, translations, support of local artisans, Tor relay operator associations, and the release of the first print edition of Bitcoin Magazine Ukraine.

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is proud to announce the launch of its Bitcoin Development Fund, which will grant $200,000 to support builders in the Bitcoin industry across the globe. This fund aims to provide financial and technical assistance to individuals and organizations working to develop the infrastructure and technology of Bitcoin, and will focus on areas such as Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia.

The fund will provide grants of $50,000 to Gleb Naumenko for his work on Bitcoin Core, the release of Coinpool, a concept for scaling Bitcoin and for conducting research on SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT and Eltoo as potential Bitcoin scaling solutions. $50,000 will also be allocated to Furzy for his work on Bitcoin Core, mainly addressing stability, security and performance features.

In addition, $25,000 will be given to Bitcoin4India to support community initiatives and local meetups, education, translation projects and support of local artisans. $25,000 will be allocated to Bitcoin Mountain for their building of circular economies, meetups, conferences and training in Cameroon. The We Are All Satoshi project, which aims to identify teenage women and men from all religious backgrounds interested in tech and help steer them to contributing to Bitcoin, will also receive $25,000 to aid them in development of curriculum, organizing support networks and sponsoring projects.

The fund will also provide $25,000 to Tor relay operator associations to support increased network reliability and performance, as recommended by the Tor Project. The goal is to help support increased network reliability and performance, especially in light of recent DOS attacks, as a key privacy tool used by people around the world. Lastly, $25,000 will be given to Bitcoin Magazine Ukraine to support regular Bitcoin meetups in Kyiv, which continue even in the midst of the war — funding will also help support the release of the first print edition of Bitcoin Magazine Ukraine.

The HRF is excited to support builders around the world and to help accelerate the growth of the Bitcoin industry. With the Bitcoin Development Fund, the HRF aims to provide financial and technical assistance to individuals and organizations working to develop the infrastructure and technology of Bitcoin. This fund will help ensure that Bitcoin remains an open, decentralized system that can be used by people all over the world.