Key Takeaway:
- Bitwise donates $233,000 to open-source Bitcoin developers and maintainers.
- Funding supports core maintenance, security reviews, and critical network infrastructure.
- Grants routed via specialized nonprofits to preserve independence and effective stewardship.
Bitwise Asset Management made its second annual donation of $233,000 to open-source Bitcoin developers, as reported by Bitcoin Magazine. The contribution focuses on programmers who maintain and secure the Bitcoin network.
The gift is framed as part of a standing policy tied to the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) to donate 10% of gross profits each year, as reported by Decrypt. The approach links an ETF’s fee-driven revenues to long-term developer funding.
Cumulatively, Bitwise has donated $383,000 to support Bitcoin development since 2024, as reported by Cointelegraph. Funding of this kind typically underwrites core maintenance, security reviews, and infrastructure work that are essential but rarely commercial.
Coverage indicates grants are routed to specialized nonprofits that back open-source contributors. That model helps channel resources to teams closest to protocol stewardship while preserving developer independence.
Under the policy, BITB’s fee revenues generate gross profits, a figure calculated before certain operating expenses; setting a fixed share at this level aims to prevent donations from being diluted by costs. According to Bitwise Asset Management, the firm commits 10% of BITB’s gross profits annually to organizations that support open-source Bitcoin developers.
In practice, the process typically involves calculating ETF revenue, determining the gross-profits amount, and allocating the pledged share to independent grantmakers focused on Bitcoin’s core code and related infrastructure. This cadence can create more predictable support across market cycles, where developer workloads persist even when prices fluctuate.
Reflecting the stewardship rationale for recurring support, Hong Kim, Co-Founder and CTO at Bitwise Asset Management, said, “We believe that as the industry grows, we have a responsibility to be good stewards of this ecosystem, just as any financial institution invests in its own internal infrastructure, we must invest in the independent developers who maintain, protect, and help the protocol evolve.”
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