₿trust, an initiative committed to supporting open-source Bitcoin developers based in the Global South, has announced the recipients of its Q3 Starter Grants and the new members of its ₿trust Open-Source Cohort.
1/ 📢 Announcing the ₿trust Q3 Grants!
We're excited to announce the recipients of our Q3, 2024 ₿trust Starter Grants and the Open-Source Cohort Members! 🚀
A key part of our mission of empowering talented Global South devs to contribute to Bitcoin's open-source ecosystem. pic.twitter.com/FnlgPGJoHu
— Btrust (@btrustteam) August 16, 2024
The Starter Grants, which provide full-time funding to Bitcoin software engineers, are a sign of ₿trust’s dedication to expanding the number of open-source Bitcoin contributors from regions such as Africa, MENA, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Each recipient receives six months of support, including a stipend paid in bitcoin, technical guidance and support in developing proposals to to join the ₿trust Open-Source Cohort with long-term funding.
Why ₿trust Starter Grants Matter
₿trust Starter Grants provide financial stability to talented open source developers, which helps them focus on their work without financial stress. These grants provide both mentorship and assistance to developers who want to establish sustainable, long-term careers in Bitcoin.
“Through these grants, we can tangibly contribute to decentralizing Bitcoin open source development by introducing these developers with diverse perspectives to strengthen the resilience of the Bitcoin network,” You can also read about the importance of this in our article ₿trust Interim CEO Abubakar Nur Khalil In a release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.
The Starter Grants also provide a pathway to the ₿trust Open-Source Cohort. Developers in the ₿trust Open-Source Cohort receive mentorship, professional development and extended financial support while contributing to open-source initiatives.
“The intention is to make grantees’ Bitcoin open-source careers sustainable, and in addition to the long-term financial support we provide, create a supportive environment for them to thrive and feel a larger sense of community,” Say Nur Khalil.
Beneficiaries of the Starter Grant
These are the recipients of Starter Grants for Q3 2020:
Enigbe Ochekliye
Ochekliye Has over two years experience working in the backend of engineering. Galoy’s Stablesats You can also find out more about the following: EasepayPayment service provider of’s (PSP)
Ochekliye is a contributor to The Lightning Development Kit‘s rust-lightning This grant will help her to improve the onboarding process for new contributors to Bitcoin open source projects. This grant will help her improve the process of onboarding new contributors for Bitcoin open-source projects.
Tobechi Chukwuleta
Chukwuleta Has a solid background in back-end development and data analysis. He also played a key role in the enhancement of BTCPay Server Functionality, particularly in relation to multisignature capabilities and plug-in development.
He will use the funds to further develop BTCPay Server and its modularity, as well as store functionality.
Kelvin Isiev
Isievwore Bitcoin is actively contributing to open-source projects like Polar You can also find out more about the following: LND. Isievwore, while working on the Starter grant will be focusing on streamlining testing and development processes for engineers who are building on Lightning.
Open Source Cohort Adds New Members
The new members of the ₿trust Open-Source Cohort are as follows:
Abubakar Sadiq Ismail
Sadiq Ismail He is an active contributor to the Bitcoin Core in Nigeria. He is involved in critical aspects of Bitcoin Core, such as the long-term estimation of fees and transaction analysis.
Sadiq ismail’s works on Mempool fee estimation analysis His technical skills help to increase the usability and scalability of Bitcoin. As a cohort member, he’ll continue to refine his technical abilities, and contribute to the Bitcoin eco-system.
Duncan Dean
Dean South Africa’s Lightning Contributor. The Lightning Library rust-lightning is one of the most modular libraries ever developed.
Dean is also involved in projects such as ldk-review-club You can also find out more about the following: lndkHe has also contributed to the development of continuous integration actions (CI), and the maintenance of robustness in the codebase. Dean wants to enhance his skills to be able to make a contribution to Bitcoin and Lightning.
Oghenovo usiwoma
Usiwoma is a Bitcoin Core contributor based in Nigeria who has been with ₿trust since 2023. Under the ₿trust Starter Grant he focused on advancing Silent Payments functionality.
As part of the ₿trust Open-Source Cohort, he will work on introducing new key formats and descriptors for Silent Payments in Bitcoin Core, continuing his work of enhancing the privacy and scalability features of Bitcoin.
Applying For A ₿trust Grant
Developers based in Africa, the MENA region, Southeast Asia and Latin America can apply for ₿trust grants.
Grants will be awarded to developers in other parts of the Global South, based on their work and proof in the Bitcoin area.
Apply for a ₿trust Starter Grant via this ₿trust link.
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Source: bitcoinmagazine.com
