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Title: [2016-04-07] Who Funds Bitcoin Core Development?
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on April 07, 2016, 03:24:01 PM
Who Funds Bitcoin Core Development? How the Industry Supports Bitcoin's 'Reference Client'

Funding Bitcoin development seems to have always been problematic.

While the Bitcoin industry collectively has raised more than a billion dollars worth of investment over the past years, development of the Free and Open Source Software the industry largely relies on has always had trouble gathering sufficient funds and manpower for development. Several arrangements to raise funds have been tried over the years – but with varying degrees of success and longevity.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/who-funds-bitcoin-core-development-how-the-industry-supports-bitcoin-s-reference-client-1459967859