By EZ in News — Jul 23, 2024

OpenSats Announced Sixth Wave of Bitcoin Grants

OpenSats granted support for developing Peer Storage backups for Lightning channels, Secp256k1.swift, Blitz Wallet, NLightning, eNuts, Gonuts, and Bitcoin Fees projects.

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"We are excited to announce the sixth wave of Bitcoin grants, reaffirming our commitment to supporting freedom tech and projects that help Bitcoin flourish," announced OpenSats.
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Grantees

Peer Storage Backups for Lightning Channels. "Lightning's peer_storage specification allows for automated backups via a node's peers on the Lightning Network, enabling fund recovery in case of data loss. The grant will support automating peer storage backup detection, creating mechanisms for nodes to advertise backup support, and preparing a Lightning-spec proposal for peer storage backups."
secp256k1.swift. "Secp256k1.swift is a public key cryptography library written in Swift. It simplifies the development of Bitcoin applications by offering common cryptographic operations as well as APIs for features like ECDSA and Schnorr signatures."
Blitz Wallet. "Blitz Wallet is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning wallet leveraging Breez SDK and Blockstream Greenlight for its infrastructure. It integrates features like automatic channel rebalancing, smart channel openings via Boltz, a built-in store for spending sats on applications like ChatGPT, and enhanced contact features for mass payments and payment requests."
NLightning. "NLightning is an implementation of the Lightning Network protocol developed in C#, aimed at enhancing Bitcoin scalability and adoption in enterprise systems."
eNuts. "eNuts is a free and open-source mobile Cashu wallet available for Android and iOS, designed with Lightning support and the ability to connect to multiple mints."
Gonuts. "Gonuts is a Cashu wallet and mint written in Go, serving as a library for developers to integrate Cashu functionality into their Go applications."
Bitcoin Fees. "Bitcoin Fees aims to create a cross-platform, open-source app that tracks on-chain fees and notifies users of specified fee changes. The app helps users understand UTXOs and provides a fee calculator to educate users about Bitcoin transaction fees."