BitMEX, Human Rights Foundation Award Bitcoin Developer Grants Worth $150K
South Korea-based Calvin Kim works primarily on the bitcoin scaling project Utreexo.
Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange is committing to a three-year sponsorship of the coding nonprofit.
Coinbase Ventures and Huobi Innovation Labs were among the investors.
The blockchain infrastructure startup says easy access to developer services helps projects "unfold at a higher velocity."
The network is now among the 20 or so supported by Bison Trails’ “Query & Transact” product.
The grants allow more developers to maintain and support Bitcoin’s codebase.