Grant Explorer
Every project HRF has named in published Bitcoin Development Fund announcements. Filter by region, by category, or search across recipient and project names. The full HRF grantee database lives at hrf.org.
Grants by region
Click a region on the map or a chip below to filter the table. 198 of 307 grants are — projects whose impact isn't tied to one country (open-source protocols, wallets, infrastructure).
Showing 307 of 307 grants
| Round | Date | Recipient | Project | Category | Region | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Jun 2020 | Chris Belcher | CoinSwap Technique to defeat state and corporate financial surveillance |
Privacy | Europe | UK |
| R2 | Aug 2020 | Evan Kaloudis | Zeus iOS and Android app for Lightning node control |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R2 | Aug 2020 | Fontaine | Fully Noded Open source iOS app to interact with Bitcoin Node |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R2 | Aug 2020 | Openoms | JoinInbox Graphical user interface for JoinMarket |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R3 | Dec 2020 | Gloria Zhao | Package Mempool Accept (at Brink) Bitcoin Core work on package relay to improve Lightning Network usability |
Core | Americas | USA |
| R4 | Jan 2021 | Ben Kaufman | Specter Desktop Enhanced UI for Bitcoin Core - full node management and hardware wallet support |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R4 | Jan 2021 | Global Mesh Labs (Richard Myers / Fodé Diop / Will Clark) | Lot49 Android messaging app adapting Bitcoin/Lightning for low-bandwidth off-grid use |
Infrastructure | Africa | Senegal |
| R5 | Mar 2021 | Blockchain Commons | Bitcoin Internships Bitcoin-focused internships for university students |
Developer Training | Americas | US |
| R5 | Mar 2021 | Janine Roem | Bitcoin Privacy Newsletter Monthly roundup of news related to privacy in Bitcoin |
Media & Journalism | Global | Global |
| R5 | Mar 2021 | Jesse Posner | Adapter Signatures & DLC Work on adapter signatures and discrete log contracts |
Scaling | Americas | US |
| R5 | Mar 2021 | Muun team | Muun Wallet Open source bitcoin and lightning wallet |
Wallet | Americas | Argentina |
| R6 | May 2021 | Abubakar Nur Khalil | Bitcoin Wallet Development Bitcoin wallet software for Nigerian context |
Wallet | Africa | Nigeria |
| R6 | May 2021 | Arabic_HODL | Arabic Bitcoin Education Translate Bitcoin educational content into Arabic |
Translation | Global | Global |
| R6 | May 2021 | Breez | Lightning Privacy Features Add privacy features to Lightning ecosystem |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R6 | May 2021 | Calvin Kim | Utreexo Project to dramatically increase speed of deploying Bitcoin nodes |
Scaling | Global | Global |
| R6 | May 2021 | Dhruv Mehta | BIP324 & Security Work on increasing Bitcoin's censorship-resistance and security |
Security | Global | Global |
| R6 | May 2021 | Sphinx | Lightning Privacy Tools Improve Lightning Network usability for activists |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Abubakar Nur Khalil | Qala fellowship Program to grow Nigerian Bitcoin developer talent |
Developer Training | Africa | Nigeria |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | BTCPay | Design Guide Open-source design guide for merchant Bitcoin onboarding |
Design | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Bernard Parah | Qala fellowship Program to grow Nigerian Bitcoin developer talent |
Developer Training | Africa | Nigeria |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Carla Kirk-Cohen | Qala fellowship Program to grow Nigerian Bitcoin developer talent |
Developer Training | Africa | Nigeria |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Chaincase | iOS Privacy Wallet iOS Bitcoin wallet with CoinJoin coin control and Tor |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Fanquake (Michael Ford) | Bitcoin Core Maintenance Maintaining Bitcoin Core ensuring efficient and bug-free operation |
Core | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Fodé Diop | Bitcoin Developers Academy Bitcoin programming course targeting West Africa |
Developer Training | Africa | Senegal |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | LNBits | Lightning Wallet Open-source Lightning wallet with LNURL integration |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Lili and Richard Myers | Low-bandwidth Research Research on Bitcoin in hostile/low-bandwidth environments |
Research | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | SeedSigner | Hardware Wallet Inexpensive open-source hardware wallets using Raspberry Pi |
Hardware | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Tim Akinbo | Qala fellowship Program to grow Nigerian Bitcoin developer talent |
Developer Training | Africa | Nigeria |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Umbrel JoinMarket bounty | JoinMarket App Bounty for JoinMarket app on Umbrel platform |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R7 | Sep 2021 | Vasil Dimov | Bitcoin Core CJDNS Implement CJDNS support to improve network security and privacy |
Core | Global | Global |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Jarol Rodriguez | Bitcoin Core GUI Lead designer for Bitcoin Core graphical interface improvements |
Core | — | Global |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Farida Nabourema | Togo Bitcoin Academy Bitcoin education and adoption program in Togo |
education | — | Togo |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Roya Mahboob | Digital Citizen Fund Technology access and Bitcoin education for women and girls in Afghanistan |
education | — | Afghanistan |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Sparrow Wallet | Sparrow Wallet Privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet with full node support |
Wallet | — | Australia |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Anita Posch | Bitcoin For Fairness Bitcoin education across Africa, including workshops and her book |
education | — | Austria |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Boltz Exchange | Boltz Non-custodial Bitcoin-to-Lightning swap service |
Lightning | — | Global |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Summer of Bitcoin | Summer of Bitcoin Global internship program connecting students with Bitcoin open-source projects |
education | — | India |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Exonumia | Exonumia Bitcoin education and media content focused on the African continent |
education | — | Africa |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Blockchain Commons | Blockchain Commons Open infrastructure and standards for secure Bitcoin and digital asset custody |
Core | — | USA |
| R8 | Jan 2022 | Meron Estefanos | Eritrean Bitcoin Education Bitcoin education and advocacy for the Eritrean community |
education | — | Eritrea |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Africa Bitcoin Conference | Conference First major Bitcoin event in Africa since 2019 |
Conference | Africa | Ghana |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Bitcoin Pakistan | Urdu Translation Translate Bitcoin resources into Urdu |
Translation | Asia | Pakistan |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Democratic Voice of Burma | Media Coverage Burmese media outlet Bitcoin coverage |
Media & Journalism | Global | Burma |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Dhruv Mehta | Spacechains Bitcoin sidechains for dollar assets and enhanced privacy |
Scaling | Global | Global |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | El Toque | Media Coverage Cuban media outlet Bitcoin coverage |
Media & Journalism | Americas | Cuba |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Francisco Calderon | lnp2pbot Peer-to-peer Telegram bot for Lightning trading |
Lightning | Global | Venezuela |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Netblocks | Research Study impact of government restrictions on Bitcoin protocol |
Research | Global | Global |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Paulo Sacramento | Bitcoin Design Guide Update Bitcoin Design Guide for better UX |
Design | Global | Global |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Rene Pickhardt | Lightning Research Research to make Lightning payment process more reliable |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | Ruben Somsen | Spacechains Bitcoin sidechains for dollar assets and enhanced privacy |
Scaling | Global | Global |
| R9 | Apr 2022 | The Daily Maverick | Media Coverage South African media outlet Bitcoin coverage |
Media & Journalism | Africa | South Africa |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | BTCPay | Payment Processor Free and open source Bitcoin payment processor |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Jon Atack | Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Core developer for code review and testing |
Core | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Josh Kitman | Fedimint Chaumian e-cash solution for Bitcoin privacy and scalability |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Keith Mukai | SeedSigner Lead dev for SeedSigner hardware wallet |
Hardware | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Leigh Cuen | Donation Guide Bitcoin donation guide for nonprofits and activists |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Novaya Gazeta Europe | Media Coverage Russian independent news outlet |
Media & Journalism | Europe | Russia |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Robosats | P2P Exchange Open-source private peer-to-peer Lightning exchange |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R10 | Sep 2022 | Vinteum | Latin America Development Bitcoin research and development center for Latin America |
Developer Training | Americas | Brazil |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Africa Bitcoin Conference | Conference Support Travel grants for Africa Bitcoin Conference |
Conference | Africa | Ghana |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Bitcoin Magazine Ukraine | Ukraine Meetups Support Bitcoin meetups in Kiev during war |
Community | Global | Ukraine |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Bitcoin Mountain | Cameroon Communities Building Bitcoin circular communities in Cameroon |
Community | Global | Cameroon |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Bitcoin4India | Community Building Grassroots community building and education in India |
Community | Asia | India |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Dusty | Lightning Splicing Work on Lightning Splicing for better UX |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Furszy | Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Core software stability performance and security |
Core | Global | Global |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Gleb Naumenko | Bitcoin Core & Covenants Bitcoin Core work on security privacy and scalability |
Core | Global | Ukraine |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | New Belarus | Digital Democracy Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure for Belarus |
Community | Global | Belarus |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Raseef 22 | Middle East Media Independent pan Arab media Bitcoin coverage |
Media & Journalism | MENA | Middle East |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | Tor relay operators | Network Infrastructure Support Tor network reliability and performance |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | We Are All Satoshi | African Youth Program Identify and train African teenagers for Bitcoin contributions |
Community Education | Africa | Africa |
| R11 | Dec 2022 | bitcoin++ | Developer Conference Bitcoin developer conference focused on privacy |
Conference | Global | Mexico |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Africa Bitcoin Conference | Conference Largest Bitcoin conference on African continent |
Conference | Africa | Africa |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Bitcoin Myanmar | Burma Education Financial freedom education in Burma |
Community Education | Global | Burma |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Bitcoin for Fairness | Education Bitcoin awareness for disadvantaged communities |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Ekenimoh Elyan | EasePay Bitcoin micropayment solutions for Nigerian businesses |
Payments | Africa | Nigeria |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Emmanuel Bronshtein | Wallet Scrutiny Verify security of Bitcoin wallets |
Security | Global | Global |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Exomunia | African Translation Bitcoin content translation to native African languages |
Translation | Africa | Africa |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Lorban | Stratum V2 Protocol to help decentralize Bitcoin mining pools |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Qala | Developer Fellowship 13-week fellowship for African Bitcoin developers |
Developer Training | Africa | Africa |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | Vasil Dimov | Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Core development and I2P enhancements |
Core | Global | Global |
| R12 | Feb 2023 | William Casarin | Nostr Decentralized censorship-resistant social network protocol |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | 0xB10C | Network Monitoring Bitcoin Core tracepoints and network monitoring |
Monitoring | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | BOB Space BKK | Thailand Residency Bitcoin-only hatchery and co-working space |
Community | Asia | Thailand |
| R13 | May 2023 | Calle | Cashu Free and open source Chaumian ecash protocol |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | Calvin Kim | Utreexo Bitcoin scaling solution for faster node verification |
Scaling | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | Charlene Fadirepo | Bitcoin in Africa Show Podcast for Bitcoin education across Africa |
Media & Journalism | Africa | Africa |
| R13 | May 2023 | Hampus Sjöberg | Blixt Wallet Non-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | Kieran | Snort.Social Web client for Nostr decentralized social network |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | Lorraine Marcel | Bitcoin DADA Women-centric Bitcoin education for African women |
Community Education | Africa | Kenya |
| R13 | May 2023 | Meron Estefanos | Uganda Innovation Hub Bitcoin awareness and learning center in Uganda |
Community Education | Africa | Uganda |
| R13 | May 2023 | Nourou | Bitcoin Sénégal Meetups and merchant onboarding in Senegal |
Community | Africa | Senegal |
| R13 | May 2023 | Rootzoll | Raspiblitz DIY Lightning node on Raspberry Pi |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R13 | May 2023 | World Liberty Congress | Freedom Academy Training program for activists against authoritarianism |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Amiti Uttarwar | Bitcoin Mentorship Bitcoin Core mentorship and education |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Ben Perrin | Bitcoin Education International Bitcoin education for dissidents |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Bitcoin Ekasi | South African Economy Build circular Bitcoin economy in South Africa |
Community | Africa | South Africa |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Bitcoin++ Travel Grant | Bitcoin++ Travel grants for Bitcoin developers from difficult political climates |
Conference | Europe | Germany |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | D++ | International Education Bitcoin education and FOSS project maintenance |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Furszy | Bitcoin Core Top 10 Bitcoin Core contributor |
Core | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Gee Deer | Lightning Stablecoins Lightning native stablecoins using DLCs |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Jarol Rodriguez | Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Core development and mobile node support |
Core | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Justin Moeller | Fedimint Database migration and performance for Fedimint |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Kawaakibi Foundation | MENA Bitcoin Hub Bitcoin education for activists in MENA region |
Community Education | MENA | Middle East |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | La Librería de Satoshi | Spanish Education Technical Bitcoin education for Spanish speakers |
Translation | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Satsconf Travel Grant | Satsconf Travel grants for Bitcoin developers from difficult political climates |
Conference | Americas | Brazil |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Summer of Bitcoin | Fellowship Program Global summer internship for Bitcoin development |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | TabConf Travel Grant | TabConf Travel grants for Bitcoin developers from difficult political climates |
Conference | Americas | USA |
| R14 | Sep 2023 | Vinteum | Latin America Development Expand Bitcoin Core development in Latin America |
Developer Training | Americas | Brazil |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Arabic Hodl | Arabic Bitcoin Education Making Bitcoin accessible to more than 400 million Arabic-speaking people worldwide |
Translation | MENA | Middle East |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Area Bitcoin | Bitcoin Education Expanding free Bitcoin educational content across multiple languages |
Community Education | Americas | Brazil |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Berta Valle | Nicaragua Education Bitcoin educational work in Nicaragua for human rights defenders |
Community Education | Americas | Nicaragua |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Bitcoin Atlantis | Conference Bitcoin conference in Madeira Portugal |
Conference | Global | Portugal |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Bitcoin Deepa | Sri Lanka Community Expanding the Sri Lankan Bitcoin community |
Community | Global | Sri Lanka |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Bitshala | Bitcoin Development Education Education initiative providing guidance and resources to developers entering Bitcoin |
Developer Training | Asia | India |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Exonumia | African Language Translation Translating Bitcoin educational content into native African languages |
Translation | Africa | Africa |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Groundswell | Refugee Education Free Bitcoin education to diaspora and exile communities in the UK |
Community Education | Europe | UK |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Hack.BS | Cypherpunk Hackerspace Nonprofit association opening a cypherpunk hackerspace |
Community | Global | Italy |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | John Carlson | Bitcoin Core App Updating and improving the Bitcoin Core App project for mobile phones |
Core | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Kulpreet Singh | Braidpool Peer-to-peer mining pool designed to enhance Bitcoin's censorship resistance |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | L0la L33tz | Bitcoin Privacy Guide Creating a Bitcoin privacy guide for beginners and activists |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Lorban | Stratum V2 Upgrade on the current protocol Bitcoin miners use to communicate with pools |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Mi Primer Bitcoin | Mi Primer Bitcoin Nonprofit organization providing open-source Bitcoin education in Central America |
Community Education | Global | Central America |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Mostro | Mostro Decentralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange built on top of Nostr |
Payments | Global | Venezuela |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | Netblocks | Internet Freedom Monitoring Monitor and report Internet restrictions and shutdowns globally |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | SeedSigner | Hardware Wallet DIY bitcoin signing device that anyone can build |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R15 | Dec 2023 | bitcoin++ | Developer Conference Developer-focused conference series around the world |
Conference | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | BOB Builders Residency | FOSS Development In-person residency for FOSS developers in Thailand |
Community | Asia | Thailand |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | BTCPay Server | Payment Processor Free open-source self-hosted payment solution for Bitcoin payments |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Bitcoin DADA | Women's Education Non-profit initiative empowering African women through Bitcoin education |
Community Education | Africa | Africa |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Bitcoin Design Foundation | UX Design Supporting Bitcoin Design Community with design infrastructure and resources |
Design | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Bitcoin Innovation Hub | Uganda Community Physical space promoting Bitcoin adoption for refugees and vulnerable communities |
Community | Africa | Uganda |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Bitcoin Op-Tech | Technical Newsletter Technical Bitcoin newsletter for developers businesses and organizations |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Bitcoin Policy Summit 2024 | Conference One-day conference bringing together policymakers and industry leaders |
Conference | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Calle | USD E-Cash for Bitcoin USD-based Chaumian e-cash system built on the Cashu protocol |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Damus Android | Nostr Client Communications application using the nostr protocol for Android devices |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | LNbits | Lightning Wallet Multi-user and account system for the Lightning Network |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Pablo Martin | Bitcoin Core Development Bitcoin Core developer contributing to security and functionality |
Core | Global | Global |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Paco de la India | Indian Education Bitcoin for Billions video series in four regional languages |
Translation | Asia | India |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Scalar School | Lightning Development Bitcoin and Lightning development program for early-stage developers |
Developer Training | Americas | Brazil |
| R16 | Mar 2024 | Yibaochina.com | Chinese Education News platform serving Chinese scholars and promoting Bitcoin education |
Media & Journalism | Global | China |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Bitcoin Seoul | Conference Bitcoin conference in Seoul Korea |
Conference | Global | South Korea |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Bitshala | Internship Program Grassroots Bitcoin educational initiative from India |
Developer Training | Asia | India |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Blockchain Commons | FROST Protocol Supporting FROST security protocol development |
Security | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Building Bridges to Bitcoin | MENA Education Educational initiative in Arabic for Middle East and North Africa |
Translation | MENA | Middle East |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Flash | Caribbean Wallet Nostr-enabled Lightning wallet for Caribbean |
Wallet | Global | Caribbean |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Margot Paez | Mining Research Research on Bitcoin mining human rights and sovereignty |
Research | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | OpenSats | Funding Organization Public charity funding open-source Bitcoin projects |
Funding | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Paulo Sacramento | UX Research Bitcoin UX designer researching adoption patterns |
Design | Americas | Brazil |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | RoboSats | P2P Exchange Tor-only KYC-free Bitcoin trading platform |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Summer of Bitcoin | Internship Program Global internship program for Bitcoin development |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Terry Yiu | Nostr Development Software engineer working on Nostr projects |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | The Core | Kenya Education Non-profit Bitcoin educational platform in Kenya |
Community Education | Africa | Kenya |
| R17 | Jun 2024 | Validating Lightning Signer | Lightning Security Enhanced Lightning Network security project |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | African Bitcoiners | Bitcoin Education Community for onboarding Africans to Bitcoin |
Community | Africa | Africa |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | BTC Shule | Burundi Education Bitcoin education for Burundians under authoritarian regime |
Developer Training | Africa | Burundi |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Baltic Honeybadger | Conference World's first non-profit Bitcoin-only conference |
Conference | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Bitcoin Indonesia | Indonesia Education Bitcoin education platform in Bahasa Indonesia |
Community Education | Asia | Indonesia |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Bitcoin++ Conference | Developer Conference Bitcoin developer conference with long-form education |
Conference | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Coracle | Nostr Client Nostr web client for censorship-resistant social media |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Descentralizar | Conference One-day Bitcoin conference in Argentina |
Conference | Americas | Argentina |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | EttaWallet | Lightning Wallet Open-source self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet |
Wallet | Africa | Africa |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Harbor | Ecash Wallet Open-source ecash wallet for Bitcoin privacy |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Jeff Gardner | Nostr Encryption End-to-end encryption for Nostr messages |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Kiveclair | Congo Education Bitcoin education in Democratic Republic of Congo |
Community Education | Africa | Congo |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | LaBitconf | Conference Longest-running Bitcoin conference in Latin America |
Conference | Americas | Argentina |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Rikto Xonghoti | Assam Education Bitcoin education in Assamese language in India |
Translation | Asia | India |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Satsconf | Conference Largest Bitcoin-only conference in South America |
Conference | Americas | Brazil |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Silentium | Silent Payments Self-custodial Bitcoin wallet with Silent Payments |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Solidarity Summit | Conference Event supporting political prisoners with financial freedom component |
Conference | Global | Austria |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Stratospher | Bitcoin Core Privacy Bitcoin Core development for privacy and decentralization |
Core | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | TABConf | Developer Conference Bitcoin conference for protocol developers |
Conference | Americas | US |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | The 256 Foundation | Bitaxe Mining Making Bitcoin mining free and open with Bitaxe |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Tor relay operators | Network Infrastructure Support Tor network reliability |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R18 | Sep 2024 | Yes Bitcoin Haiti | Haiti Education Empower Haitians with Bitcoin education |
Community Education | Americas | Haiti |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Ace / SeedSigner | SeedSigner Multi-language Multi-language translation for SeedSigner hardware wallet |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Daniela Brozzoni | Bitcoin Core Development Software developer shifting focus to Bitcoin Core PRs and testing |
Core | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Fontaine / Unify | Unify Payjoin wallet using Nostr and Bitcoin Core for private transactions |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Gandlaf21 / Cashu-ts | Cashu-ts Primary SDK in Cashu ecosystem simplifying wallet creation |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Jon Atack | Bitcoin Core Development Top all-time Bitcoin Core contributor and BIP editor |
Core | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Jorge Jraissati | Financial Freedom Policy Coalition Policy coalition promoting economic opportunities under authoritarian regimes |
Community | Global | Venezuela |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Lea Petrasova / Vexl | Vexl P2P KYC-free Bitcoin trading app via phone contacts |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Martti Malmi / Iris | Iris Nostr web client with private secure messaging |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Michael Haase | Bitcoin Core UX/UI Design Redesign bringing Bitcoin Core App to mobile devices |
Design | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Mike Schmidt / Brink | Brink Nonprofit supporting Bitcoin protocol engineers with grants and mentorship |
Funding | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Mogashni Naidoo | African UX Bitcoin Bootcamp UX design training for African Bitcoin designers at Africa Bitcoin Conference |
Developer Training | Africa | Africa |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Naiyoma | Bitcoin Core Development First female Bitcoin Core developer from Africa - PRs and bug fixes |
Core | Africa | Kenya |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | No BS Bitcoin | No BS Bitcoin Newsdesk for Bitcoin and open-source tech news - ad-free and paywall-free |
Community | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Odudex / Krux | Krux Open-source software turning generic devices into hardware wallets |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Pete Rizzo | Bitcoin History Research project documenting key events and people in Bitcoin history |
Research | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Public Pool | Public Pool Free open-source mining pool for low hash rate devices |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Sabina Gitau / Tando | Tando Payment app letting Kenyans pay in Bitcoin via Lightning while merchants get KES |
Payments | Africa | Kenya |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Stratum V2 Reference Implementation (SRI) | Stratum V2 SRI Open-source software decentralizing Bitcoin mining via own block templates |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Tomatech | Tomatech Developer training community and cultural center for Bitcoin in India |
Developer Training | Asia | India |
| R19 | Dec 2024 | Wendy Ding / YakiHonne | YakiHonne Nostr client for free speech and Bitcoin payments across 170 countries |
Nostr | Global | East Asia |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Africa Bitcoin Institute | African Research Bitcoin research and policy frameworks for Africa |
Research | Africa | Africa |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | BTCPay Server | Payment Processor Self-hosted open-source Bitcoin payment processor |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | BTCenEspañol | Spanish Education Spanish-language Bitcoin education across Latin America |
Translation | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Base58 | Educational Games Bitcoin Live Action Role Play educational workshops |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Bitcoin Babies | Infant Nutrition Combine infant nutrition with Bitcoin financial literacy |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Bitcoin Core GUI | User Interface Modernize Bitcoin Core interface for mobile accessibility |
Core | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Bitcoin Week TalentLand | Mexico Education Bitcoin education at Latin America's largest tech event |
Community Education | Global | Mexico |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Bitcoin for Good | Nonprofit Education Educational initiative for nonprofits to accept Bitcoin |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Bitsacco | Kenya Finance Reinvent SACCOs using Bitcoin and Fedimints |
Community | Africa | Kenya |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Cashu KVAC | Ecash Privacy Software upgrade for Cashu ecash system |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | East Asia Developer Program | Asian Development Bitcoin development apprenticeship for East Asia |
Developer Training | Asia | Asia |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Elsat | Nostr Development Nostr developer working on Damus and related projects |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Hashpool | Mining Pool Self-hosted mining pool with ecash payouts |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | NetBlocks | Internet Freedom Expose digital crackdowns and internet shutdowns |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Nonprofit Adoption Research | Research Research on nonprofit Bitcoin adoption under dictatorships |
Research | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Relay Wizard | Nostr Infrastructure Tool to simplify Nostr relay setup |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Rkrux | Bitcoin Core Bitcoin Core developer for code review and testing |
Core | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Self-Custody Research | Research Research on self-custodial Bitcoin limitations and solutions |
Research | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Stable Channels | Lightning Stability Bitcoin-backed stable balances on Lightning Network |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | The Core | African Education Bitcoin education platform for Africa |
Community Education | Africa | Kenya |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | TollGate | Decentralized ISP Software to turn WiFi routers into permissionless ISPs |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Vinteum | Latin America Development Bitcoin research and development center for Latin America |
Developer Training | Americas | Brazil |
| R20 | Apr 2025 | Waye | Developer Support Psycho-social support for freedom tech developers |
Community | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | 256 Foundation / EmberOne | EmberOne Open-source modular mining hardware accessible to anyone |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Adi Shankara / Summer of Bitcoin | Summer of Bitcoin Connecting university students from 74 countries with Bitcoin projects |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Anjan Sundaram / Stringer News | Stringer News Open media platform using Bitcoin and nostr for censorship-resistant publishing |
Community | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Anti-Corruption Foundation / Prices Today | Prices Today Tracking rising prices in Russia to expose war's economic toll |
Research | Europe | Russia |
| R21 | May 2025 | Blockchain Commons / FROST | FROST Protocol strengthening multisig wallets for secure shared custody |
Security | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Brandon Odiwuor | Bitcoin Core Development Bitcoin Core contributor reviewing code and submitting improvements |
Core | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Brianna Honkawa d'Estries / Evento | Evento Events platform integrating Bitcoin and nostr for secure organizing |
Community | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Bryan Bishop (kanzure) / Instamouse | Instamouse Browser-based environment for open-source Bitcoin development |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Catrya / Mostro | Mostro P2P exchange built on nostr protocol for censorship-resistant Bitcoin access |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Charlene Fairepo / Satoshi Sister Circle | Satoshi Sister Circle Supporting African women pursuing careers in Bitcoin |
Community Education | Africa | Africa |
| R21 | May 2025 | Christoph Ono / Bitcoin Design Foundation | Bitcoin Design Foundation Nonprofit funding open-source UX design research for Bitcoin |
Design | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | D++ / Entropy | Entropy Gamified workshops and bootcamps for Bitcoin financial literacy |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Erik Cativo | Ecash UX Improvement Making Cashu and Fedimint clients more intuitive and accessible |
Ecash | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Grant Gombwa / Bitcoin Boma | Bitcoin Boma Bitcoin education for financial resilience in Malawi |
Community Education | Africa | Malawi |
| R21 | May 2025 | Keith Mukai / SeedSigner | SeedSigner DIY Bitcoin hardware wallet - language support expansion |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Kester Ejikeme / Bitcoin Pidgin | Bitcoin Pidgin & Bitcoin Anambra Bitcoin education in Nigerian Pidgin English with circular economy building |
Translation | Africa | Nigeria |
| R21 | May 2025 | Mike Schmidt / Brink | Brink Nonprofit funding and mentoring open-source Bitcoin developers |
Funding | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Peter Van Valkenburgh / Coin Center | Coin Center Policy research and advocacy defending right to build open digital networks |
Community | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Students For Liberty | Bitcoin Month Global education campaign teaching youth Bitcoin in 110+ countries |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | Sudan Hodl / SudaBit | SudaBit Sudan's first private Bitcoin on/off-ramp amid war and hyperinflation |
Payments | Global | Sudan |
| R21 | May 2025 | spacebear / Payjoin | Payjoin Privacy technique batching Bitcoin transactions to break chain analysis |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R21 | May 2025 | thunderbiscuit / Padawan Wallet | Padawan Wallet Free open-source mobile app for practicing Bitcoin in risk-free environment |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Africa Free Routing | Lightning Education Lightning Developer Bootcamps across Africa |
Developer Training | Africa | Africa |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | BTCPay Server | Payment Processor Open-source self-hosted Bitcoin payment solution |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Bitcoin Famba | Mozambique Education Accessible Bitcoin education and circular economies in Mozambique |
Community Education | Africa | Mozambique |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Bitcoin Indonesia | Indonesia Education Bitcoin education platform in Bahasa Indonesia |
Community Education | Asia | Indonesia |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Bitcoin Learning Center | Thailand Education Physical Bitcoin education hub in Chiang Mai Thailand |
Community Education | Asia | Thailand |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Braidpool | P2P Mining Pool Peer-to-peer open-source mining pool design |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Devgitotox | Bitcoin Core Development Tanzanian Bitcoin Core developer contributing to wallet and security |
Core | Africa | Tanzania |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Learning Bitcoin from Command Line | Developer Education Up-to-date resources teaching Bitcoin development |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | OMCA | Conflict Zone Tools Bitcoin-based tools for conflict-affected and connectivity-constrained environments |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | OpenSats | Funding Organization Public nonprofit organization supporting freedom tech projects |
Funding | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Programming Lightning | Lightning Development Open-source course for building on Lightning Network |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Sovereign Engineering | Freedom Tech Development Long-term development program supporting freedom technologists |
Community | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Stratospher | Bitcoin Core Privacy Bitcoin Core developer strengthening protocol privacy and security |
Core | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Stratum V2 Development | Mining Protocol Improving Stratum V2 protocol for mining decentralization |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Threads of Freedom | Educational App Graphic novel and learning app explaining Bitcoin for women and girls |
Curriculum & Tools | Asia | Afghanistan |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Validating Lightning Signer | Lightning Security Separating key management from Lightning nodes |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Vexl | P2P Trading Open-source mobile app for peer-to-peer bitcoin trading |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Voices Uncensored | Azerbaijan Platform Bitcoin-based platform for human rights defenders in Azerbaijan |
Community | Global | Azerbaijan |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | Zapstore | Decentralized App Store App store built on Nostr protocol |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R22 | Oct 2025 | ngx_l402 | Web Infrastructure Web server module enabling bitcoin payments for web access |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Africa Free Routing | Lightning Bootcamps Lightning Developer Bootcamps across Africa |
Developer Training | Africa | Africa |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | BTCPay Server | Payment Infrastructure Self-hosted Bitcoin payment solution for NGOs |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Bitcoin Famba | Mozambique Community Bitcoin education and circular economies in Mozambique |
Community | Africa | Mozambique |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Bitcoin Indonesia | Indonesia Education Indonesian Bitcoin education and advocacy |
Community Education | Asia | Indonesia |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Bitcoin Learning Center | Thailand Education Hub Physical Bitcoin education center in Chiang Mai |
Community Education | Asia | Thailand |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Bitika | Kenyan Bitcoin Access Allowing Kenyans to buy bitcoin directly into Lightning wallets |
Payments | Africa | Kenya |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Bitshala | Indian Development Bitcoin developer training and hackerspace in India |
Developer Training | Asia | India |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Devgitotox | Bitcoin Core Development Tanzanian developer contributing to Bitcoin Core |
Core | Africa | Tanzania |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Dhananjay Purohit | Web Bitcoin Payments Web server module for bitcoin payments |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Learning Bitcoin Command Line | Developer Curriculum Updated curriculum for Bitcoin development education |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Mohd Zaid | Braidpool Advancing peer-to-peer mining pool design |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | OMCA | Conflict Zone Infrastructure Bitcoin tools for conflict-affected environments |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | OpenSats | Nonprofit Operations Public charity supporting freedom tech development |
Funding | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Programming Lightning | Lightning Education Open-source course for Lightning Network development |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Roya Mahboob | Afghan Women's Education Bitcoin education for women and girls under tyranny |
Community Education | Asia | Afghanistan |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Sovereign Engineering | Freedom Tech Program Development program for Bitcoin Nostr and ecash technologies |
Community | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Stratospher | Bitcoin Core Security South Asian developer strengthening Bitcoin protocol |
Core | Asia | Asia |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Validating Lightning Signer | Lightning Key Management Lightning Network key management and security |
Lightning | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Vexl | P2P Bitcoin Trading Peer-to-peer bitcoin trading without data collection |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Voices Uncensored | Azerbaijan Rights Platform Bitcoin platform for Azerbaijan human rights defenders |
Community | Global | Azerbaijan |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | Zapstore | Nostr App Store Decentralized app store built on Nostr protocol |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R23 | Dec 2025 | bit-aloo | Stratum V2 Software developer improving Stratum V2 for mining decentralization |
Mining | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | AmityAge | Bitcoin Educators Academy Training local educators to teach financial sovereignty |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | BTC Shule | Burundi Development Developer accelerator program for Bitcoin tools in Burundi |
Developer Training | Africa | Burundi |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Base58 | Bitcoin Funding Research Research analyzing funding sources and Bitcoin development independence |
Research | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Bitcoin Benin | Benin Knowledge Hub Bitcoin learning center and co-working space in Benin |
Community | Global | Benin |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Bitcoin House Malaysia | Malaysian Education Education hub for Bitcoin and open-source technologies |
Community Education | Asia | Malaysia |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Bitcoin Policy Norway | Norwegian Policy Education Educating Norwegian policymakers about Bitcoin human rights applications |
Curriculum & Tools | Europe | Norway |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Brian Mosha | ChapSmart Bitcoin application bridging Lightning to M-Pesa for Tanzanians |
Payments | Africa | Tanzania |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Cristy Almonte | LearnNostr Educational platform for learning Nostr protocol |
Nostr | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | DIYbitcoin | Hardware DIY Guide Teaching individuals to build Bitcoin hardware with open-source software |
Curriculum & Tools | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Daniel Batten | Bitcoin Regulation Research Data-driven research on Bitcoin regulation and financial freedom |
Research | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Easy | SeedSigner Guide Creating user-friendly setup guide for SeedSigner hardware wallet |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Groundswell Project | Refugee Bitcoin Education Bitcoin education for refugees asylum seekers and vulnerable communities |
Community Education | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | JoinMarket-NG | Privacy Protocol New implementation of CoinJoin privacy technique |
Privacy | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Jorge Jraissati | Financial Exclusion Documentation Documenting cases of dissidents cut off from financial systems |
Research | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Minmo | P2P Exchange Connecting users with trusted local agents for fiat-bitcoin exchange |
Payments | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Naiyoma | Bitcoin Core Privacy P2P privacy enhancements for Bitcoin Core |
Core | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | NetBlocks | Internet Freedom Observatory Tracking internet shutdowns and digital repression worldwide |
Infrastructure | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Nick Anthony | Activist Atlas Digital platform connecting activists worldwide with freedom tech |
Community | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Nourou | Banxaas West African platform for CFA franc to bitcoin exchange |
Payments | Africa | West Africa |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Odudex | Krux Open-source software transforming devices into Bitcoin signing devices |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Sabina Waithira Gitau | Tando Payment app letting Kenyans pay merchants with bitcoin |
Payments | Africa | Kenya |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Summer of Bitcoin | Global Internships Global internship program for Bitcoin development and design |
Developer Training | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Tapnob | African Bitcoin Payments Bitcoin-to-local currency platform across Africa |
Payments | Africa | Africa |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | Yes Bitcoin Haiti | Haitian Circular Economy Building Bitcoin circular economy in Haiti |
Community | Americas | Haiti |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | doblon8 | Sparrow Wallet Improving air-gapped signing functionality in Sparrow Wallet |
Wallet | Global | Global |
| R24 | Apr 2026 | rawBit | Developer Education Visual editor for building and inspecting Bitcoin transactions |
Developer Training | Global | Global |