Starter Grants
New to Bitcoin open-source? Apply for a Starter Grant
Full-time . Remote
The ideal applicant should have made the jump from “good first issues” to contribute more meaningful PRs and Reviews, and maintain a reasonable quality of work while meeting these criteria:
Have chosen a specific Bitcoin open source project to contribute to and made several non-trivial contributions
Non-trivial review: has contributed helpful insights on others work and helped to move code that is not their own forward
Non-trivial PRs: at least one PR that is not a good first issue, either merged or actively developed
Non-trivial contributions: helpful responses on issues, input on discussions, participation in community (project or otherwise like BitDevs)
Have a clear plan outlining what you want to work on over the next six months
Be willing to commit full-time to contributing to open-source projects during the six-month grant period
Positive reviews from at least one mentor or contributor on the project.
Meet all the requirements above? Click on Apply now below to send in your application.
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