Spiral renews grants for developers Zavior and Morehouse, boosting Bitcoin and Lightning network advancements.
Spiral has announced the renewal of grants for two key Bitcoin developers, Bitcoin Zavior and Matt Morehouse.
Bitcoin Zavior, known for contributions to the LDK (Lightning Development Kit) and BDK (Bitcoin Development Kit) projects, has been granted a third renewal, as shared by Spiral on their platform. The announcement came with a light-hearted note from the Spiral team member Conor Okus, stating, "third renewal," leaving the specifics of the grant's purpose somewhat mysterious. The community has congratulated Bitcoin Zavior on this achievement, which marks a sustained commitment to advancing Bitcoin infrastructure.
Grant renewal. In the doc where @conorokus usually lays out what points I need to hit when writing our grant-related tweets, for @BitcoinZavior, Conor just wrote “third renewal.” So congratulations, @BitcoinZavior, on your third renewal. I wish I knew what it was for.
— Spiral (@spiralbtc) May 2, 2024
In a separate statement, Spiral conveyed that Matt Morehouse's grant has been renewed for the second time. Morehouse's efforts are focused on a range of security aspects, including test coverage of various Lightning implementations like CLN, Eclair, LDK, and LND, as well as auditing BOLT vulnerabilities, reporting bugs, and verifying the implementation of fixes.
Grant renewal. Yesterday’s offsite (picnic) went very wrong (ornery goats) for our writing team, so this is the best tweet you’re going to get. This is Matt Morehouse’s 2nd renewal, one he’ll use to improve Lightning’s security and stability. Disclosures: https://t.co/JKbwPJR95O
— Spiral (@spiralbtc) May 3, 2024
The grants are expected to enable Bitcoin Zavior and Matt Morehouse to continue their influential work in making Bitcoin and Lightning networks more robust and secure for users worldwide.
