Thread by @gladstein

1/ Today @HRF announces 375 million satoshis in Q3 gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund to 10 projects spanning the globe.

This round focuses on Bitcoin privacy, ⚡, dev education in emerging markets, improving user onboarding experience, and continued core development 🧵 👇

2/ 50 million satoshis to @bernard_parah, @actuallyCarlaKC, Tim Akinbo, and @ihate1999 for the creation of qala.dev, a program to help train and grow new Bitcoin developers in Nigeria and wider Africa. Special thanks to @paxful for making this gift possible.

3/ 50 million satoshis to @diopfode for his efforts with bitcoindevelopers.academy to help individuals in West Africa and especially those living under the colonial CFA franc system to build and use Bitcoin applications. Special thanks to @ManuelStotz for making this gift possible.

4/ 50 million satoshis to Vasil Dimov for his work on Bitcoin Core. Vasil has implemented Tor v3, BIP155, and I2P support, and will use HRF funding to implement CJDNS support, making the network even more secure against partitioning attacks and improving privacy.

5/ 50 million satoshis to @fanquake for his work on Bitcoin Core. Michael has been contributing since 2012 and has been a core maintainer since 2019. This grant will help him continue his valuable work, ensuring that the open-source code we all use runs efficiently and bug free.

6/ 50 million satoshis to @BtcpayServer for the creation of an open-source design guide to help merchant and donation recipient onboarding for Bitcoin payment and gifts. This will improve the user experience for companies, foundations, and donation-receiving orgs accepting BTC

7/ 25 million satoshis to @Marketsbylili + @remyers_ to establish an open-source research project about BTC in low-bandwidth environments. This resource is targeted at Bitcoiners in developing countries + emerging markets. Special thanks to @danheld for making this gift possible.

8/ 25 million satoshis to @chaincaseapp for their work on an open-source iOS Bitcoin wallet that features CoinJoin, coin control, and Tor. HRF funds will help the team add PayJoin to the wallet to help improve user privacy.

9/ 25 million satoshis to @SeedSigner for their work creating inexpensive open-source hardware wallets to enable people to be their own bank for as little as $50. Encouraging open-source self-custody in difficult political environments is a priority for HRF moving forward.

10/ 25 million satoshis to @lnbits for their open-source Lightning wallet. HRF support will go towards ongoing integration of LNURL, allowing users to more easily interact with the Lightning Network.

11/ 25 million satoshis toward a bounty offering a reward for the creation of a JoinMarket app for @getumbrel. This will help Umbrel users increase the privacy and fungibility of their Bitcoin transactions. Special thanks to @ODELL and @benthecarman for joining the bounty!

12/ HRF looks forward to announcing its next round of donations in Q4 of this year.

We hope these gifts inspire more people to learn about and contribute to these impressive projects.

For more information, and to submit ideas for funding, please visit HRF.org/devfund

13/ Read more details about the announcement at @BitcoinMagazine from @nikcantmine here 🔥

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