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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Honored to have received a 1 BTC donation to our developer funding efforts from none other than @jack ! Thank you for your support!

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Honored to receive a very generous $5,000,000 pledge to our developer funding efforts from @jack and #startsmall Brink will receive $1,000,000 per year for the next 5 years. Thank you for supporting #bitcoin developers!

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Hello world! Today we launch Brink, a totally independent nonprofit organization to fund and support open source Bitcoin protocol development.

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Honored to have received a 0.9 BTC donation to our developer funding efforts from @Breedlove22 Thank you for your support!

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Brink is excited to announce a $3.6m donation to our #Bitcoin development funding efforts from GiveCrypto! Thank you to @brian_armstrong and the @coinbase team as well as @johnhering and @FEhrsam for your support in making this happen!

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Brink has partnered with Marathon ( @MarathonDH ) to raise $1,000,000 for funding Bitcoin Core development. Marathon will be matching all 501c3 tax deductible donations to Brink up to $500,000 starting today!

Donate | Brink

Brink is a nonprofit supporting Bitcoin developers building, securing, testing, and reviewing the Bitcoin Core software underpinning the Bitcoin network.

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3 years

Announcing The Bitcoin Development Podcast: all about how Bitcoin works under the hood, protocol design goals, security and attack vectors, and exciting new developments. Our 1st episode on mempool policy is out now:

The Bitcoin Development Podcast | brink

Join Brink as we talk with our fellows, grantees, and friends in the Bitcoin space about Bitcoin and Lightning technology.

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Brink is excited to announce @BitwiseInvest will donate 10% of their BITB ETF profits for the next 10 years to #Bitcoin development including Brink and our friends at OpenSats and HRF!

Funding Bitcoin - BITB | Bitwise Bitcoin ETF

10% of BITB profits will be donated to Bitcoin open-source development.

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2 years

Thank you @lopp for the generous BTC donation! A great Christmas present to support our developer funding efforts. 🎁

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Honored to have received an extremely generous $1,000,000 donation to our Bitcoin developer funding efforts from @craighammell Thank you for your support, Craig!

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3 years

We're thrilled to announce @glozow as our first fellow. Welcome Gloria!

Welcoming Gloria Zhao

Gloria Zhao will be joining Brink in January 2021 to work full time on open source Bitcoin protocol development.

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3 years

Honored to have received a $200,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @cmsholdings ! Thank you for your support!

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2 years

Announcing Brink's latest Bitcoin open source developer grantees! - 0xB10C ( @0xB10C ) - Vincenzo Palazzo ( @palazzovincenzo ) - Niklas Gögge ( @dergoegge ) - Bruno Garcia ( @brrrunog )

Announcing Brink's Latest Round of Developer Grants

Brink announces the latest round of developer grants.

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Honored to have received a $100,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from The Draper Foundation and @TimDraper Thank you for your support!

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3 years

Honored to have received a $150,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @BlockFi ! Thank you for your support!

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Proud to announce that we are funding 11 Bitcoin & Lightning Developers to improve the ecosystem. Read more on @BitcoinMagazine via @Fall_Of_Fiat

Bitcoin Non-Profit Brink Funding 11 Bitcoin, Lightning Developers To Improve The Ecosystem

The organization is moving part-time developers to full-time, reorganizing leadership for Bitcoin projects, and onboarding new developers into the ecosystem.

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3 years

Our 501(c)(3) status has been approved! Brink is now able to accept tax deductible donations.

Brink Receives 501(c)(3) Status

Brink has been granted 501(c)(3) status, allowing tax deductible donations.

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2 years

Honored to have received a $350,000 donation (made in BTC) to our developer funding efforts from @exodus_io Thank you for your support!

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1 year

Brink is excited to announce that Christian Decker ( @Snyke ) has joined our board! His experience and leadership in Bitcoin are a valuable addition to the board and his Bitcoin and Lightning expertise will help guide our recently formed Grant Committee.

Christian Decker joins the Brink Board

Christian Decker joins the Brink Board and Grant Committee

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3 years

We're proud to announce our first round of open source developer grants. After an open application process, we selected three very talented developers who will each make huge contributions to Bitcoin over the next year. (1/5)

Announcing Brink's First Round of Developer Grants

Brink announces first round of developer grants for Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Dev Kit, and a FROST Implementation.

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Brink is pleased to announce a full time grant for Fabian Jahr ( @fjahr )! - testing/review of important Bitcoin Core PRs - batch validation initiatives - Cross input signature aggregation research - ASMap mapping distribution - GitHub alternatives

Welcoming Fabian Jahr

Brink announces Fabian Jahr's grant.

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We are happy to announce @Lightlike1 as our 2nd Brink fellow. Welcome Martin! Martin will be working full time on Bitcoin in our London office from December. Thank you to @Gemini for contributing the funds to make this possible! @cameron @tyler .

Welcoming Martin Zumsande

Martin Zumsande will be joining Brink as a fellow to work full time on open source Bitcoin protocol development.

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Thank you @NexoFinance for your support! We're delighted to partner with you to fund an open source Bitcoin protocol developer.

Nexo Invests in Brink: A Non-Profit Focused on Supporting Bitcoin Development

Read more about why we’ve donated $150,000 to Brink and why we believe funding Bitcoin development is our collective responsibility.

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3 years

We're proud to announce our second round of open source developer grants! We've selected two very talented developers who currently contribute to Bitcoin Core.

Announcing Brink's Second Round of Developer Grants

Brink announces the second round of developer grants for Bitcoin Core PR review and test coverage.

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2 years

Brink is excited to announce that Tadge Dryja ( @tdryja ) will be joining us part time! He will continue his work on mentoring, Utreexo, and other work detailed here, while continuing his other efforts at MIT DCI:

Welcoming Tadge Dryja

Brink announces Tadge Dryja's grant.

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2 years

Brink is excited to announce a grant for Stéphan Vuylsteke ( @stphnvlstk )! Stéphan (stickies-v) is a Bitcoin Core contributor with review emphasis. He is also an educator mentoring at @QalaAfrica , hosting @ChaincodeLabs seminars & @BitcoinCorePRs sessions

Welcoming Stéphan Vuylsteke

Brink announces Stéphan Vuylsteke's grant.

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@bitcoinbrink

7 months

Thank you @hrdng for the royalty pledge for Bitcoin developers and for what is sure to be an amazing book!

David A. Harding

@hrdng

7 months

All of my royalties from Mastering Bitcoin (3rd ed.) will be donated to @bitcoinbrink to support Bitcoin developers. It's impossible to write about Bitcoin technology without wanting to support the people who give it away to the world for free. (5/8)

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3 years

Honored to have received a $100,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @Okcoin ! Thank you for your support!

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1 year

Thankful and excited to announce that we have matched all $500,000 of the @MarathonDH pledge! The matching campaign was set to run through the end of the year (w/ 2-for-1 match during Bitcoin 2023) and the community exhausted the match in just 3 days!

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Marathon and @bitcoinbrink have joined forces to raise up to $1 million to help support Bitcoin Core developers, whose goal is to maintain the Bitcoin protocol. Donate today: Learn more:

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Honored to have received a $50,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @silvergatebank ! In addition to their donation, Silvergate is a banking partner of Brink's providing discounted services for our not for profit. Thank you for your support!

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2 years

Brink is excited to announce a developer grant for @fanquake to join us in our London office. He will be continuing his maintainer role as well as other projects that he outlines here:

Welcoming Michael Ford

Brink announces Michael Ford's (fanquake) grant.

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4 months

Brink engineers were joined by Robin Linus ( @robin_linus ) in a video discussion about BitVM. We covered: - Stateful Bitcoin scripts - BitVM architecture - Tree++ - BitVM transaction graph - BitVM Bridges, peg-ins, and peg-outs - Limitations & future plans

Robin Linus on BitVM

Robin Linus joins Brink engineers to discuss BitVM.

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

Any donations to Brink are tripled by Marathon for the next 24 hours

Donate | Brink

Brink is a nonprofit supporting Bitcoin developers building, securing, testing, and reviewing the Bitcoin Core software underpinning the Bitcoin network.

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Adam Back

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1 year

@bitcoinbrink bitcoin core development non-profit has matching double donations from @MarathonDH during the bitcoin miami conference (and 1 for 1 matching) donate for bitcoin development they get 3x. solid start already $276k towards $1m target donations.

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2 years

Brink is proud of our grantees' contributions to Bitcoin Core! While Brink chooses specific grantees to fund, the source of our funds is *entirely* from the community. So in reality, funding is even more decentralized than this chart indicates...

BitMEX Research

@BitMEXResearch

2 years

[1/2] Who funds Bitcoin Core? Based on the number of developers with over 10 commits in the last 12 months, @bitcoinbrink is the top funder of Bitcoin Core. The data shows that the funding is now quite well diversified. Please note that no measure is perfect

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3 years

Honored to have received a $210,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @btcturkprotr ! Thank you for your support!

BtcTurk | Kripto

@BtcTurkKripto

3 years

#BtcTurk , Bitcoin arzının 21 milyon olmasına ithafen 210.000 Amerikan Doları karşılığı kadar Bitcoin fonu sağlayarak, #Bitcoin protokolünü araştırma ve geliştirme ile güçlendiren yazılımcılara finansal destek sağlayan @BitcoinBrink sponsorlarının başında yer aldı.

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Working on Bitcoin Core or other another Bitcoin open source project? The next round of Brink Grants is open for applicants! Join @hhebasto , @jesseposner , and @afilini and get paid to work on Bitcoin. Apply by May 15th for consideration.

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

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5 months

Brink engineer @dergoegge discovered two denial-of-service bugs in Lightning software in 2021. After responsibly disclosing them and allowing time for fixes to be in place and for users to upgrade, he now publicly discloses them in this writeup:

Niklas Gögge on denial-of-service bugs in LND

Niklas Gögge details two responsibly disclosed denial-of-service bugs.

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1 year

Honored to have received a $100,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @satofishi Thank you for your support!

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1 year

Delighted to announce a donation from @lightspark as we continue our Bitcoin developer funding efforts. This will support development on the Bitcoin software & network over the next 3 years. Lightspark is building on the Lightning Network & we're glad to have them as a partner!

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3 years

Big thank you to @TheBitcoinConf and @BitcoinMagazine for showcasing the importance of Bitcoin developer funding by hosting the panel with @hfangca , @abitcoinperson , @bitschmidty and @ODELL

Bitcoin 2021: Giving Back To Bitcoin | Hong Fang, Mike Schmidt, Ben...

Join Hong Fang, Mike Schmidt, Ben Price and Matt Odell from Bitcoin 2021 as they discuss "Giving Back To Bitcoin."For more compelling video content from Bitc...

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

Grateful to receive a $60,000 contribution to our Bitcoin developer funding efforts from @stakwork ! Stakwork is also pledging $60,000/yr for the next two years for a total of $180,000 in support. Thank you to the Stakwork team!

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@bitcoinbrink

3 months

Congratulations to @River and @Leishman on 5 years! Honored to receive $50,000 to support our #Bitcoin developer funding mission as part of the celebration.

River

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3 months

River turns 5 years old today 🥳 Thank you to our wonderful clients, supporters, partners, and amazing team for getting us where we are. And thank you to all Bitcoin core devs! We stand on the shoulders of giants, so we're donating $50k to support them through @bitcoinbrink 🧡

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Read about Brink grantee @afilini 's work on @bitcoindevkit . Thank you to @krakenfx for providing funding to make this grant possible!

Alekos Filini on Bitcoin Dev Kit

Alekos Filini explains the design philosophy behind the Bitcoin Dev Kit.

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3 years

We’re delighted to announce our two newest board members: @jerrybrito and @actuallyCarlaKC . Welcome Jerry and Carla!

Jerry Brito and Carla Kirk-Cohen Join the Brink Board

We're delighted to announce Jerry Brito and Carla Kirk-Cohen as our two newest board members.

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3 years

Big thank you to @PeterMcCormack on this generous donation!

Peter McCormack🏴‍☠️

@PeterMcCormack

3 years

Community support: - $10k donated to @coincenter - $10k donated to open source dev at @bitcoinbrink - Renewed sponsorship of London Bitdevs Meetup

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@BitcoinMagazine @TimDraper Brink is grateful to receive an additional $150,000 contribution to our Bitcoin developer funding efforts from @TimDraper and The Draper Foundation! Thank you to The Draper Foundation for contributing a total of $250,000 this year for supporting #Bitcoin developers!

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Brink is proud to announce a year long grant renewal for Sebastian Falbesoner ( @theStack )! Sebastian is known for thoughtful code review and as part of his renewal, he emphasized the importance of BIP324 and why he plans to spend his time reviewing it

Sebastian Falbesoner on BIP324

Sebastian Falbesoner on BIP324.

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3 years

We are very excited about partnering with @FTX_Official ! A multi-year commitment like this helps build an even more sustainable developer funding model for #Bitcoin open source contributors. Thank you @SBF_FTX and team.

FTX

@FTX_Official

3 years

Today we're announcing a $150K/year three-year commitment to @bitcoinbrink , a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the #Bitcoin community through a developer fellowships and grants. Excited to put our bitcoin where our mouth is.

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3 years

@krakenfx have provided funding for our first grant. That'll be enough to support an experienced protocol developer to work for a year. The devs we fund will review, test and fix bugs, improving the security of Bitcoin for all users. You rock, @krakenfx !

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Brink is excited to announce continued support for Niklas Gögge ( @dergoegge ) in his Bitcoin Core development work. His contributions towards testing, particularly fuzzing, is important to secure Bitcoin Core and uncover critical bugs

Niklas Gögge on Fuzz Testing

Niklas Gögge on Fuzz Testing.

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3 years

In episode 1, @jfnewbery and @glozow discuss: - why we have a mempool - 3 types of policy and examples - DoS protection on P2P - rationale behind RBF rules - policy’s role in soft forks

Episode 1: Mempool Policy

John Newbery and Gloria Zhao discuss Bitcoin Core's mempool policy.

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3 years

We're thrilled to announce that @antoniehodge is our Director of Operations. Welcome, Antonie!

Welcoming Antonie Hodge

Antonie Hodge joins Brink as Director of Operations.

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Brink is excited to announce that Jonathan Bier ( @jonathanbier ) has joined our board! His experience running an open source developer grants program as well as industry and research knowledge is a valuable addition to the board. Welcome Jonathan!

Jonathan Bier joins the Brink Board

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

The current round of Brink grant applications ends May 17th, so developers working on Bitcoin open source projects, apply soon!

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

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Bitcoin Optech

@bitcoinoptech

3 years

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #148 is here: - describes a BIP125 opt-in RBF security disclosure - summarizes 'Introduce node rebroadcast module' PR Review Club - announces Rust-Lightning 0.0.14 - encourages engineers to apply for a Brink grant before May 17th

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2 years

Honored to have received a $300,000 donation to our Bitcoin developer funding efforts from @coinbase via their Crypto Community Fund Thank you for your support!

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Our first fellowship position will be funded by grants from @HRF and @sqcrypto . They've provided enough funding to pay the fellow's salary and all associated costs. Thank you for your belief in the value of mentoring and your support of Bitcoin's future!

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2 years

Thank you to @tabconf , @miketwenty1 , and The 2021 Atlanta Bitcoin Conference (TABConf) attendees for donating $5,000 to Brink's open source developer funding efforts!

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3 years

@jesseposner 's funding supports his work on adaptor signatures and an implementation of FROST, bringing additional security, privacy and functionality to multisignature and second layer protocols. This grant was made possible with generous support from @NexoFinance . (2/5)

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@RussellOkung Hi Russell. We support four developers working full time on open source Bitcoin projects through our grants and fellowship programs, and plan to fund a lot more. Very happy to chat any time if you have questions!

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@afilini 's funding supports his work as maintainer of the Bitcoin Dev Kit, a lightweight and modular collection of tools for use by wallets and other Bitcoin applications. This grant was made possible with generous support from @krakenfx . (3/5)

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And thanks to the amazing @Gemini , we already have funding secured for our second fellowship position. Applications are now open. If you want to help build the future of money, you should apply today!

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

Honored to receive a $50,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from BitMEX @BitMEX Thank you for your support!

BitMEX Research

@BitMEXResearch

1 year

Brink to Receive US$50,000 Donation From BitMEX to Continue their Fundamental and Valuable Work Supporting Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Core 27.0 has BIP324 v2 encrypted transport turned on by default, opportunistically encrypting communication between peers. But what about light clients? Sebastian Falbesoner ( @theStack ) explores BIP324 Proxy in our latest Brink engineering call:

Sebastian Falbesoner on BIP324 Proxy

Sebastian Falbesoner introduces his project for bringing BIP324 encrypted transport to light clients.

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Excited to partner with @silvergatebank on a recurring $25,000 quarterly donation to our Bitcoin developer funding efforts Thank you for your ongoing support, Silvergate!

Silvergate Bank

@silvergatebank

2 years

We’re delighted to share that our team has committed to a quarterly donation to @bitcoinbrink for the ongoing support of Bitcoin open-source development! Learn more about Silvergate’s engagement with Brink here:

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3 years

Thank you to everyone who's been asking about Bitcoin donations. We're now able to accept both onchain and Lightning payments at .

Donate | Brink

Brink is a nonprofit supporting Bitcoin developers building, securing, testing, and reviewing the Bitcoin Core software underpinning the Bitcoin network.

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@bitcoinbrink

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We're extremely grateful to our initial sponsors. @jlppfeffer and Wences Casares provided funding for our startup costs and ongoing admin. We couldn't have got off the ground without their encouragement and support. Thank you!

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3 years

Brink's next round of developer grant applications is open! Curious what it is like to apply for a Brink grant? Read our "What To Expect When Applying For A Brink Grant" article outlining the process.

What To Expect When Applying For A Brink Grant

An overview of the process of applying for a Brink grant—and what happens after.

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Brink's unique model and independent funding will further decentralize open source protocol development. We're excited to add our contribution to the work that @ChaincodeLabs , @sqcrypto , @mitDCI , @Blockstream and many others are building.

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@bitcoinbrink

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Honored to receive a generous USD donation to our dev funding efforts from @jimpo_potamus Jim donated using $COIN stock through a Donor-Advised Fund (). Thanks for your support, Jim! For those interested in making similar contributions, please reach out

Making Tax-deductible Bitcoin Donations to Brink

A guide to donating Bitcoin to Brink.

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@bitcoinbrink

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Bitcoin’s value rests on its security and stability. Everything we build on top of Bitcoin depends on the base protocol and reference implementation being rock solid. One critical bug in the protocol or implementation has the potential to crash the entire Bitcoin economy.

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Our current application window for this round of Brink grants is closing next week. Join @hhebasto , @jesseposner , @afilini , @larryruane , and @theStack and get paid to work on open source Bitcoin projects. Apply by August 23rd for consideration.

What To Expect When Applying For A Brink Grant

An overview of the process of applying for a Brink grant—and what happens after.

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3 years

US taxpayers: did you know you can donate Bitcoin directly to nonprofits to maximize the donation 𝘢𝘯𝘥 your tax deduction? @antoniehodge wrote a guide that explains how.

Making Tax-deductible Bitcoin Donations to Brink

A guide to donating Bitcoin to Brink.

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

If you, like Jack, are interested in supporting Brink via Bitcoin, Lightning, or dollars we welcome your contribution.

Donate | Brink

Brink is a nonprofit supporting Bitcoin developers building, securing, testing, and reviewing the Bitcoin Core software underpinning the Bitcoin network.

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9 months

Brink engineers were joined by @NYDIG Bitcoin developer James O'Beirne ( @jamesob ) in a video discussion about OP_VAULT. We covered: - BIP345 - Contrasting OP_VAULT with SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT - OP_CTV use cases - LN-Symmetry and its implications - and more

James O'Beirne on OP_VAULT

James O'Beirne joins Brink engineers to discuss OP_VAULT.

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3 years

@hhebasto 's funding allows him to continue contributing code and review full time to Bitcoin Core. Hennadii is one of the most prolific contributors to the project. (4/5)

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3 years

Read all about Brink fellow @glozow 's project: Package Mempool Accept.

Fellowship Project: Package Mempool Accept

A description of the Package Mempool Accept project.

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3 years

The Brink Fellowship is a program to onboard exceptional candidates into Bitcoin protocol development. Fellows will receive intensive mentoring and training over the course of a year and become impactful and established open source protocol developers.

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3 years

Our current application window for this round of Brink grants is closing this week. Get paid to work on open source projects like @jesseposner who works on FROST () and presents at @tabconf . Apply by November 19th for consideration

What To Expect When Applying For A Brink Grant

An overview of the process of applying for a Brink grant—and what happens after.

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

That stability of the base layer depends on skilled developers vetting new proposals, reviewing changes, and fixing bugs. Yet there are few developers who have the experience to make impactful contributions, and the path to become a Bitcoin developer is notoriously difficult.

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Thank you to @Ledger for supporting @bitcoincoreorg developers through Brink! 100% of donations go to supporting our developer grantees working on Bitcoin

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

brink.dev

Ledger

@Ledger

7 months

October is #bitcoin month! We are bringing back BTC Orange Nano S Plus with a 30% discount. AND, for every BTC Orange Nano S Plus purchased, Ledger donates $5 support core #bitcoin developers through @bitcoinbrink .

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

(apologies for the non-links below. @twitter is blocking any tweets with links to our website)

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@bitcoinbrink

4 months

"Disclosure: Btcd consensus bugs due to usage of signed transaction version" discovered by @dergoegge 👏 "Btcd prior to version v0.24.0 does not correctly implement the consensus rules outlined in BIP 68 and BIP 112, making it susceptible to consensus failures..."

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@bitcoinbrink

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100% of the no-strings-attached funds will go towards Brink engineers and their open source development work on #Bitcoin .

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

If you or your organization is interested in supporting open source Bitcoin development, feel free to email us, donate @brink .dev. Developers interested in either the grant or fellowship programs can apply now for the next funding round: (5/5)

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

brink.dev

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

We will be hosting a Twitter Space with our newly announced grantee Fabian Jahr ( @fjahr ) to discuss his work on #Bitcoin Core and plans for the coming year. Thursday 15:30 UTC. Join us to learn and ask questions!

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

Brink is pleased to announce a full time grant for Fabian Jahr ( @fjahr )! - testing/review of important Bitcoin Core PRs - batch validation initiatives - Cross input signature aggregation research - ASMap mapping distribution - GitHub alternatives

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Read about how Brink grantee @hhebasto started contributing to Bitcoin Core and his priorities for the next year!

Hennadii Stepanov on his Bitcoin Core Contributions

Hennadii Stepanov describes how he started contributing to Bitcoin Core and his priorities for the next year.

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Sustainable ongoing open source development is supported by sustainable ongoing funding. Excited that not only has the @Stacks team decided to generously contribute to #Bitcoin development in #BTC , but has done so in a way that is recurring. Thank you for your support, @Stacks !

Meltem Demirors

@Melt_Dem

3 years

love this new trend - @Stacks is funding bitcoin core development, but in perpetuity, through a grant where the interest from stacking >1M STX provides @bitcoinbrink with ~$165k / yr in bitcoin to fund protocol development!

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

If you are working on open source development in the Bitcoin ecosystem and are curious about pursuing a grant, reach out!

Programs | Brink

Brink supports and mentors new contributors to open source Bitcoin development through our fellowship program, and supports the work of established Bitcoin protocol engineers through our grants...

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Want to work in London with @fanquake @glozow @hhebasto ? Want a career in Bitcoin? Join us!

Bitcoiner Jobs | Business Operations Jobs

Find Business Operations jobs working with Bitcoiners.

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Brink is excited to announce a developer grant for @fanquake to join us in our London office. He will be continuing his maintainer role as well as other projects that he outlines here:

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Thank you to @HRF and @sqcrypto for making this possible!

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@bitcoinbrink

1 year

Very excited to announce that Emily Kee ( @emilymkee ) has joined Brink to head up operations and office management in our London office! Emily brings experience contributing on projects at @ChaincodeLabs as well as @QalaAfrica Welcome Emily!

Welcoming Emily Kee

Emily Kee joins Brink as Operations Manager & UK Office Manager

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

While we are sad for @jesseposner to go, we are excited at the potential for him, @blocks , FROST, Bitcoin and self custody! Thank you, Jesse!

Jesse Posner

@jesseposner

2 years

I'm excited to announce that I've joined the amazing bitcoin hardware wallet team at Block ( @blocks ) to help bring self-custody into the mainstream! Grateful to have been part of the extraordinary Brink ( @bitcoinbrink ) community as a grantee. Thank you so much for your support!

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Thank you to @BitcoinerJobs for supporting Brink by listing our fellowship and grant positions. 1 week left to apply for a Brink open source grant!

Bitcoiner Jobs | The Bitcoin Job Board

Bitcoiner Jobs is the leading career site helping to build the emerging Bitcoin industry and the careers of Bitcoiners within it.

bitcoinerjobs.com

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@bitcoinbrink

3 years

Read about Brink grantee @jesseposner 's work on FROST for Bitcoin. Thank you to @NexoFinance for providing funding to make this grant possible!

Jesse Posner on FROST

Jesse Posner explains the FROST signature scheme.

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Congrats to @brrrunog and @Vinteum_org ! Bruno, thank you for your contributions as a Brinkie and best of luck with Vinteum and growing the Brazilian Bitcoin open source developer community!

Vinteum

@Vinteum_org

2 years

We'd like to introduce you to our first grantee, @brrrunog , who will now be spending 100% of his time working for Bitcoin's open source development. He's not only our first grantee, but he's also joining our co-founders @lucasdcf and @andreneves as our third team member.

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@bitcoinbrink

2 years

Honored to have received a $50,000 donation to our developer funding efforts from @ChadCloutman Thank you for your support!

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