Developer Jon Atack believes that Bitcoin plays a role in human freedom, decentralization of power, privacy and self-sovereignty.
Investment fund Maelstrom has awarded a grant to a Bitcoin Core developer for maintaining the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP) repository. The grant was given to Jon Atack, a senior developer at Bitcoin Core who started contributing in 2019.
In a press release sent to Cointelegraph, Maelstrom chief investment officer Arthur Hayes said that the financial support allows Atack to focus on his work on Bitcoin. Hayes said that one of the fund’s goals is to support seasoned Bitcoin Core developers. The executive said:
Hayes hopes to identify more grant candidates to help educate the next generation of developers within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
