OpenSats - Nostr Hypermedia

No benevolent dictator, no weird incentives, no short-term thinking, no trusted third parties, and no cut from donations. Why OpenSats is set up the way it is.

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Avoiding Single Points of Failure

How OpenSats is set up to be as resilient as possible.

OpenSats 2 weeks ago

"When I was a boy and saw scary things in the news, my mother would say, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"

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Helping the Helpers

Supporting those who make Bitcoin as resilient as it can be.

OpenSats 0 months ago

Our node is back up and donations via Lightning are enabled again. Inbound liquidity appreciated while we bootstrap.

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Red Team Fund - OpenSats

Funding for people red teaming Bitcoin software.

OpenSats 1 month ago

We expect more critical vulnerabilities to be found and patched in the coming days. Keep an eye out for updates via official channels.

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Ongoing Exploits of Bitcoin Software

A critical BTCPay Server flaw affecting LND is under active exploit.

OpenSats 1 month ago

Code RED is live. Priority support for people red teaming Bitcoin software, including reimbursement of past LLM token costs.

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Code RED: Priority support for red teaming

OpenSats is launching a new grant track to support people red teaming Bitcoin software.

OpenSats 1 month ago

NVK is stepping down from the OpenSats board, effective immediately. OpenSats will continue to operate with an 8 person board until a replacement is made.

OpenSats 1 month ago

"We can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years." (But we can't do it without your support.) A quarterly update from OpenSats:

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Sats Well Spent — 2026-Q2: Territory of Freedom

Someone has to do it: how OpenSats is funding the builders behind a free and open internet.

OpenSats 1 month ago

"The biggest secret is just long hours, attention to detail, and hard work." — @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻

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Meet Barry Deen, the Webmaster Behind Wisp

Wisp is Barry Deen’s nostr client, built so everyday people can use the network without fighting it.

OpenSats 2 months ago

The last Pathshalas closed in the 1960s. @Raj wanted to do the same thing for bitcoin. Bitcoin pathshala. Bitshala.

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Rajarshi Maitra Found a Point of Light in the Dark Cave, Quit His Job, and Built Bitshala

Rajarshi Maitra walked away from a stable engineering career to build Bitshala, India's school for Bitcoin developers.

OpenSats 2 months ago

"Bitcoin changed the way I view the world, my values, and a big part of my personality. I strongly believe it changed me for the better." — @Egge

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Egge’s Bitcoin Journey: From Marketer to Cashu Maintainer

Bitcoin took Egge off the predictable path, leading him towards a brilliant career in FOSS.

OpenSats 2 months ago

OpenSats is pleased to announce long-term support for Calvin Kim in recognition of his ongoing work on btcd and utreexo.

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Long-Term Support For Calvin Kim

OpenSats welcomes Calvin Kim as an LTS grantee.

OpenSats 2 months ago

40 billion sats. 400+ grantees. 40+ countries.

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Map - OpenSats

Countries where OpenSats has awarded grants.

OpenSats 2 months ago

Heartbeat now supports GitLab and plain git repos. Click the heartbeat icon on any project page to see the latest development activity. Example:

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WireGuard - funded by OpenSats

A lean VPN protocol and software suite for secure networking across servers, phones, and desktops.

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heartbeat · live bitcoin & nostr open-source activity feed

Live feed of commits, pull requests, issues, and releases across the open-source bitcoin and nostr projects funded by OpenSats.

OpenSats 3 months ago

OpenSats has supported many projects for multiple years. Most projects accept donations directly, and we encourage everyone to support them whenever possible.

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Project Showcase - OpenSats

A showcase of free and open-source Bitcoin and Nostr projects supported by OpenSats.

OpenSats 3 months ago

Meet @Cody, the main cat behind Jumble.

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Cody Tseng Is Building a Social App That Follows Your Heart, Not an Algorithm

Cody Tseng is the OpenSats grantee behind Jumble, a Nostr client for the open social web.

OpenSats 3 months ago

Lots of building blocks, lots of progress. A closer look at some of the nostr libraries our grantees have been working on.

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The Libraries Behind Open Communication

An impact report from the front-lines of nostr developer libraries.

OpenSats 3 months ago

In our latest newsletter we said that we want to "tell the stories of the people who are working on freedom tech." Our spotlight series aims to do just that. Here's the first installment: