Billionaire Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey plans to allocate more capital to the Bitcoin ecosystem after pledging $5 million to the network’s core developers through his grantmaking organization Start Small.
The firm will distribute the funds to the Bitcoin development non-profit, Brink, over the next five years in $1 million annual installments.
- According to its website, Brink exists to “support the Bitcoin developer community through funding, education, and mentoring.”
- “We are 100% funded by donations from individuals and organizations who wish to support the open-source Bitcoin network and protocol,” the site states.
- Unlike many blockchain projects, Bitcoin lacks any committed founder, foundation, or company with a financial stake in the protocol’s success.
- As such, donations and charity are largely required to support the developers who maintain its codebase, who often rotate.
- “Brink is very grateful for this extended pledge to support our Bitcoin developer funding efforts,” said Brink co-founder Mike Schmidt. “We can help make Bitcoin development a sustainable career for the talented developers that are building, securing, testing, and reviewing the Bitcoin Core codebase.”
- Last year, Jack Dorsey launched a legal defense fund to defend Bitcoin developers to fight back against lawsuits from self-proclaimed Bitcoin founder Craig Wright.
- In 2021, he teamed with Jay-Z to launch a 500 BTC blind trust to assist Bitcoin development teams in Africa and India.
- On Thursday, Dorsey’s payment company Block unveiled the beta for its self-custody Bitcoin wallet Bitkey, which will feature special integrations with Coinbase and CashApp.
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