Critical Bounties
Critical Bounties fund infrastructure development, tools, research & other initiatives that drive Bitcoin layer development and are offered on a loosely quarterly basis.
Open Critical Bounties
The current Critical Bounties are closed to new applications as of June 7th, thank you for a record-setting number of submissions! Stacks Foundation staff and members of Stacks community are reviewing applications. Applicants should be on the look out for email updates between now and June 21st.
Key Dates & Open Categories
Find the areas of emphasis and key application deadlines.
DevEx & Testing
Tooling & Testing ideas that would help any improve the quality of life for Stacks Core Dev and/or Clarity Dev.
Network Participants
Tooling & enhancements that would help improve the quality of life for network participants, including: Miners, Stackers, and Signers.
Other Topics
A sampling of research, development, and integration ideas relevant to advancing Bitcoin layers - especially Stacks.
1
Applications Close
June 7th
June 7th
2
Application Review
June 7th - June 17th
June 7th - June 17th
3
Recipients Announced
June 21st
June 21st