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$500,000 to 14 projects targeting global education, Lightning Network innovation, decentralized communication, and easing access to financial freedom tools for nonprofits

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https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/human-rights-foundation-grants-500000-to-14-bitcoin-projects-worldwide

Grant #1: USD E-Cash by Dr. Calle, leveraging the Cashu protocol for a secure USD-based Chaumian e-cash system that respects your privacy. Funding will support the full development of this project 🔒💸

Grant #2: BTC Pay Server provides free open source software for organizations that rely on Bitcoin, it is a critical tool for nonprofits operating in challenging environments. Funding will support enhancing the platform's user experience and extend its capabilities 🌐

Grant #3: BOB Space, for its Builders Residency Program in Thailand. Funding will help launch a new cohort, to be dedicated to identifying weak spots in Bitcoin’s decentralization, and making those into strengths 🌱 📡

Grant #4: YiBao, a non-profit that advocates for democracy and human rights within the Chinese-speaking world. Funding will enable translating key Bitcoin educational materials into Chinese and promoting financial freedom inside the world’s biggest Communist country 🇨🇳

Grant #5: The Bitcoin Innovation Hub, led by Noble Nyangoma in Uganda, offers a range of vocational training and financial literacy to women and men, centered around using and earning Bitcoin. Funding will support the addition of classes such as carpentry, baking, and valuable digital skills.

Grant #6: Bitcoin Dada, founded by Lorraine Marcel, is on a mission to empower African women with Bitcoin knowledge. Funds will support expansion across Africa, the creation of multilingual educational resources, and promote women-led businesses adopting Bitcoin 💪

The grants in this round to both Bitcoin Dada and The Bitcoin Innovation Hub are generously supported by Strike’s nonprofit initiative. Big shout out to Strike and everyone else that makes our work possible! ⚡

Grant #7: The Bitcoin Design Foundation contributes essential user research, aiding Bitcoin wallets and companies in enhancing UX to guarantee Bitcoin's accessibility for all 🎨📲

Grant #8: Bitcoin Optech is a vital resource for the Bitcoin developer community, offering insights into the most important Bitcoin technical conversations. Funds will be allocated towards operational expenses and growth strategies.

Grant #9: Damus, the first #NOSTR client on iOS, is expanding to Android! Funding enables this critical initiative which makes this open source client available to millions of new users in authoritarian countries and the developing world.

Grant #10: Bitcoin Core Developer Pablo Martin's contributions help maintain Bitcoin as a secure digital currency, pivotal for activists and individuals in high-risk environments. HRF is proud to support Pablo! 🛡👨‍💻

Grant #11: LNbits aims to decentralize custodianship and provides users with a robust suite of Bitcoin tools they can run for themselves. Funding will support the core contributors’ salaries, bounties, and educational outreach efforts through workshops and video tutorials ⚡

Grant #12: The Bitcoin Policy Summit 2024, organized by Bitcoin Policy Institute, is a critical platform for discussing how Bitcoin can play a role in protecting human rights. Funding will support event logistics, speaker travel, and attendance by human rights advocates 🏛️🗣️

Grant #13: Video series "Bitcoin for Billions" by #Bitcoin educator Paco de la India, is making Bitcoin accessible to millions in India, in a variety of local languages. Funding will be used for research, content creation, translation, and promotion 🎥🇮🇳

Grant #14: Scalar School in Brazil, established by Luciana, is nurturing a new wave of Bitcoin and Lightning developers across South America. The grant will go towards teachers’ salaries, training workshops, and university outreach 🌎🇧🇷

The Bitcoin Development Fund is committed to facilitating $2 million of grants in 2024, aiming to bolster innovative technical, educational, and community-driven Bitcoin initiatives worldwide

Submit your application at hrf.org/bdfapply

Until today Bitcoin has only been briefly above $69k. Today marks the first day it has been at that level without a rapid retrace. Congratulations to those holding strong.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11793765

Most of these transactions took a few minutes and around $1 in fees. Bitcoin lightning is pennies in fees, but the account shown is on main chain.

If you know somebody who wants to contribute to Ukraine but doesn't want to deal with the hassle, cost, or availability of international bank wires, this is a great way. Most major cities have several Bitcoin ATMs and in many countries you can buy Bitcoin online easily.

Transaction list: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P

Proof this address is really owned by the Ukraine govt: https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282

After looking for a way to sell event tickets via Bitcoin lighting network, I have given up on finding a solution built for tickets. Is there another solution I can re-purpose? #shopstr seems interesting, I can list a bunch of items aka tickets and people can see them by clicking on my profile, but it requires a cashu wallet not a regular lightning wallet.

#flockstr seems great but their ticket functionality doesn't work yet.

I know lnbits has a ticketing extension but I'd rather not have to run my own node, BTCPay server, etc.

Anything else out there?

Where can I signup for a bitcoin debit card without a phone?

There are a number of "bitcoin debit card" providers -- services that issue you a traditional visa/mastercard/etc debit card that allows you to pay for purchases in fiat, but where the balance of the card is automatically converted from your cryptocurrency balance stored on their custodial wallet.

Note that a "bitcoin debit card" is distinct from gift cards in that the balance lives in an account below the debit card, not on the card itself. This is important because otherwise you may end-up with tons of different cards with low balances. It's important for my business that I can pay invoices with a single card, and if that card expires then the balance can simply be spent on the card's replacement.

Unfortunately, I've been unable to find any providers that do not require a phone to be linked to the account.

For security reasons, I do not mix insecure devices like my phone with high-risk accounts like financial services. Therefore, it's important that I find financial services that don't require a phone number to be linked to the account (shudder at the thought of implementing 2FA over SMS) or an app.

Coinsbank requires a phone number. Wirex requires a phone number. Cryptopay requires an app (which grants access to the account to a phone). Unbanked (Ternio) is dead.

Where can I get a "bitcoin debit card" without a phone?

Is this a real bull run that will take us over $50k or just another pump and dump.

People I know I'm creating low effort posts, but I can't find any active Bitcoin community in Lemmy to follow and I refuse to go back to Reddit. So we need to f*** start somewhere.

After a very long time Bitcoin is back to $31k. Is this the right time to sell or to buy more?

BTC is above $30K again, gained $3k in just 5 days. What do you think the price will be in 2 weeks and why?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/3690905

Looking for store indexes and core patches in particular, theres a lack of info on the available patches out there (other than ordisrespector).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5626873

This is a day created to make representatives more aware that their constituents care about crypto and want to assert their freedom to use it. Pro-crypto lobbying group is asking people to ask their reps to support the The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act which pretty much everybody in crypto agrees is a good bill for removing legislative ambiguity around crypto.

#Microsoft #Xbox Series X Refresh System may Support #Crypto Wallets

https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-09-25/Microsoft-crypto-plans-leaked-documents-reveal-plans-for-an-Xbox-crypto-wallet.html

#gaming #videogames #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #lfg @gaming @bitcoin

@coinbase To Implement @bitcoin Lightning Network For Faster Transactions Amid Growing Competition
https://cryptonews.com/news/coinbase-implement-bitcoin-lightning-network-for-faster-transactions-amid-growing-competition.htm

#Bitcoin #mining aided #Texas's #electrical grid, when the #bitcoinMining company #RiotPlatforms reduced its power usage amid the summer heatwave.

https://news.bitcoin.com/riot-showcases-demand-response-strategy-bitcoin-minings-role-in-strengthening-texas-energy-grid/

> only a handful of business operations can effectively implement significant demand response systems, and #cryptoMining might be the most optimal at shedding load.

#crypto #btc #cryptocurrency #electricity @crypto @bitcoin

Not sure how serious the post. Anyone know more?

Just wondering if there is a risk of it being recoverable after the transaction has been completed. I figured it would be stored in RAM and thus unrecoverable after powering down, but I can't seem to find anything on that.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3448694

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@coinbase Secures Approval to Launch @bitcoin and #Ether Futures Trading for US Customers
https://cryptonews.com/news/coinbase-secures-approval-launch-bitcoin-ether-futures-trading-for-us-customers.htm

“They came back to us, and they said . . . we believe every asset other than bitcoin is a security,” Armstrong said according to the FT. “And, we said, well how are you coming to that conclusion, because that’s not our interpretation of the law. And they said, we’re not going to explain it to you, you need to delist every asset other than bitcoin.”

I am looking for a wallet I can keep in cold storage (an offline machine) which can occasionally sign txes and have a hot wallet send them. I'm having trouble finding a wallet that supports this. Or is multisig a better way to do this?

Preferably OSS, preferably run on Linux, needs a GUI.

There isn't a way to run a lightning node with the private key in cold storage is there?

This place is looking a bit dead. It seems like lemmy.world has the most active Bitcoin community, so we should probably consolidate our activity there:

• https://lemmy.world/c/bitcoin
• /c/[email protected]