Human Rights Foundation Grants 1 Billion Satoshis to Freedom Tech

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announces 1 billion satoshis in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF), funding open‑source development, censorship‑resistant communications, mining decentralization, and financial privacy projects across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Grantees include Nymius, Daniela Brozzoni, Build on Bitcoin Buidlers Residency, 2140 Foundation, Cashu for Community Sovereignty, Bhartiya Bitcoin, BELLE, Bitcoin Arusha, Bitcoin for Fairness, Exile Hub, Pluto Mining, Wantclue, Bitscript, Code Orange Dev School, Demo Lab, Nostr under Autocracy, KernelKind, and others.

The grants aim to strengthen tools that help dissidents, journalists, NGOs, and citizens achieve financial sovereignty under repression, and support protocol work, privacy integrations, education, and mining resilience; HRF’s BDF has granted $9.6 million in BTC to 319 projects across 62 countries since 2020. Projects will roll out regional trainings and technical integrations “to make freedom tech more accessible to those who need it most,” and funding will be deployed where permitted by applicable jurisdictional law.

🧭 FAQs

• What did HRF announce in New York on Oct. 28, 2025? HRF announced 1 billion satoshis in BDF grants for freedom technology projects.
• Which regions will benefit from the grants? Projects target communities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• How much has BDF granted since 2020? BDF has granted $9.6 million in BTC to 319 projects globally.
• What types of projects receive funding under the BDF? Grants support privacy, censorship‑resistant communications, mining decentralization, and education initiatives.