OpenSats Grants
OpenSats · Open-source grant
VariesGeneral and Long-Term Support grants plus LLM-token reimbursement; amounts not published
A 501(c)(3) that funds developers and educators working on Bitcoin, nostr and related free and open-source projects, including red-team security research.
Key terms
- Work must be free and open source under a proper license
- Must be good for Bitcoin/nostr and support transparency and education
- Open worldwide and pseudonym-friendly
- Tax information or a Bitcoin address may be needed for payout
- Long-Term Support grants are limited in number
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Open-source Bitcoin/nostr work
How to apply
Choose General, LTS or RED, then submit a concise, roughly one-page application.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling (RED always open; General grants distributed periodically)
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source