Jason Donenfeld, a senior Linux developer responsible for maintaining Bitcoin's primary random number generator, has received long-term funding from OpenSats, a non-profit charity. OpenSats provides grants to active Bitcoin developers, and with the recent addition of $21 million from Jack Dorsey, it has doubled its capacity to give. Donenfeld joins other senior developers as a Long-Term Support Grantee, contributing to code reviews and maintenance of Bitcoin's technologies. Donenfeld is known for creating WireGuard, a VPN, and maintaining linux-rng, a library used in Bitcoin's code for generating secure random numbers. This grant recognizes the importance of maintaining cryptographic functions in ensuring Bitcoin's security.



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