The Human Rights Foundation grants 60 million Satoshi in funding to 16 projects

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced a new round of funding exceeding 60 million satoshis (approximately $472,800) to 16 projects worldwide through its Bitcoin Development Fund, with the funded projects distributed across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These grants aim to strengthen the Bitcoin protocol, expand the practical use of Bitcoin, and provide secure communication and community infrastructure for dissidents. This is HRF's second round of funding in 2026, following the organization's announcement in April to support 26 projects.

The funded projects cover multiple areas. In terms of Bitcoin payments, BitSpenda plans to expand its mobile currency to a Bitcoin bridging tool to reduce cross-border transfer costs in Africa; Project Island Resilience, based on Jamaican developer Dread's Flash wallet, plans to add offline payment features using Bluetooth, NFC, and ecash; Bitzed helps Zambian users purchase Bitcoin directly through mobile currency. In Bitcoin development, Libbitcoinkernel, Floresta, BDK-Dart, and WalletScrutiny focus on reusing core code, lightweight nodes, cross-platform wallet tools, and wallet auditing, respectively.

In the Nostr ecosystem, projects such as Vector, Flotilla Chat, OpenAlert, and 0xchat received support to provide censorship-resistant encrypted communication tools.