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- OpenSats is a 501(c)(3) public charity that raises donations and distributes them as bitcoin grants to developers and maintainers of free and open-source software, primarily Bitcoin Core and adjacent freedom tech such as nostr, Tor, and wallet libraries.
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- A nine-person volunteer board evaluates applications and approves grants.
- It is a philanthropic funding intermediary, not a financial product, exchange, or software you install.
- Best for
- Donors — individuals, companies, and funds — who want tax-deductible US charitable giving to Bitcoin and open-source development, including directing gifts to specific funds such as the General Fund, Nostr Fund, Red Team Fund, or Operations Budget.
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- Also suited to FOSS contributors seeking grant funding for Bitcoin-aligned open-source work.
- Pricing
- Donations to project funds are stated by OpenSats to pass through 100%, with no percentage cut taken for operations
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- the separately funded Operations Budget relies on its own donations.
- Transaction and processing fees on on-chain and Lightning donations are not guaranteed to be covered, and OpenSats
- Main limitation
- Anyone seeking a retail financial product, yield, account, or custody service for savings — none is offered.
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- For-profit or closed-source ventures, and open-source projects with no Bitcoin nexus, are not eligible for grants.
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About
- OpenSats is a 501(c)(3) public charity that raises donations and distributes them as bitcoin grants to developers and maintainers of free and open-source software, primarily Bitcoin Core and adjacent freedom tech such as nostr, Tor, and wallet libraries.
- A nine-person volunteer board evaluates applications and approves grants.
- It is a philanthropic funding intermediary, not a financial product, exchange, or software you install.
What it helps with
- FOSS maintainers face funding precarity; OpenSats aims to let developers focus on code rather than money
- Donor concern about concentrated control over funding decisions is addressed through a public, accountable nine-person b
- Charitable donation leakage is addressed by taking no percentage cut from project-fund donations
- Security research on Bitcoin software is underfunded; a Red Team Fund reimburses AI token and compute costs for red-team
Capabilities
A practical view of what is available and where limitations apply.
| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Grant programs | Yes | General Grant, Long-Term Support (LTS), and RED Token Reimbursement for security research compute, per the apply page |
| Payout currency | Limited | Grants are distributed in bitcoin only, not fiat |
| Application criteria published | Yes | Good for Bitcoin, free and open-source, transparency and education; outputs must be publicly available under an open license |
| Governance | Yes | Nine-person volunteer board, uncompensated, with no financial benefit from donations |
| Donation passthrough | Limited | Site states 100% of project-fund donations reach grantees; this is a first-party claim, not independently verified |
| Transaction fee coverage | Limited | OpenSats seeks donor-matching partners to cover fees and asks donors to help; coverage is not guaranteed |
| Fiat-to-bitcoin conversion | Yes | Fiat donations are converted to bitcoin via an exchange partner; spread and fees are undisclosed |
| Independent charity rating | Unknown | No independent reviews, ratings, or substantive press coverage surfaced in the evidence |
| Minimum donation and lockup terms | Unknown | Not stated in the official corpus |
| Grant amount disclosure | Limited | Every grant is announced, but amounts are private by default to protect grantees in some regions |
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