Grants & Bounty Programs
Fueling the builders, doers, and leaders that are taking us toward a safer, more equitable, more open internet powered by Bitcoin.
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Grant and Funding Focuses ('23/'24)
This is our current projection of roughly what areas will be a focus for Grants spending based on the current status of upcoming upgrades.
1
Q4 2023
Clarity improvements, Clarity WASM work, testing and hardening, sBTC Signer, Liquid STX.
2
Q1 2024
Audits, fuzz and penetration testing, mining pool support, Stacking pool support and integrations.
3
Q2 2024
sBTC bridge / signer APIs + UIs, tooling audits, performance boosts, sBTC business development.
4
Q3 2024+
Infrastructure provider integrations, sBTC and Nakamoto-related library expansion, and developer tooling.
Grant & Bounty Programs
Critical Bounties fund infrastructure development, tools, research & other initiatives that drive Bitcoin layer development.
The Residency Program fuels subject matter experts for open-ended research, experimentation, & other long-term projects.
Chapters are local community groups driving activation in a specific geography. Chapters are a collaborative effort between the Stacks Foundation & local leaders.
Immunefi is the leading bug bounty and security services platform for DeFi projects and decentralized networks. Together, we offer a bounty program covering the Stacks blockchain.
On a case-by-case basis, the Stacks Foundation offers delegations to validators interested in onboarding to the Stacks network as a Signer.
Community & Ecosystem Programs
A initiative with $1m in funding from Bitcoin L2 Labs and led by the Clarity WG that funds security efforts in the Stacks ecosystem.
DeGrants is a community-led initiative where community members dole out grants for efforts they deem important or interesting.
Get paid for discovering and reporting bugs in Hiro products and services.
Earn bounties for discovering and responsibly disclosing bugs and vulnerabilities.
Bounty range: $400-700
Bounty range: $400-700
Earn bounties for discovering and responsibly disclosing bugs and vulnerabilities via Immunefi.
Max Bounty: $100,000
Max Bounty: $100,000
Earn bounties for discovering and responsibly disclosing bugs and vulnerabilities via Immunefi.
Max Bounty: $100,000
Max Bounty: $100,000
Earn bounties for discovering and responsibly disclosing bugs and vulnerabilities via Immunefi.
Max Bounty: $100,000
Max Bounty: $100,000
Earn bounties for discovering and responsibly disclosing bugs and vulnerabilities via Immunefi.
Max Bounty: $100,000
Max Bounty: $100,000
About The Programs
Grants supports builders on a mission to activate the Bitcoin economy through broader adoption. We believe Bitcoin and adjacent open-source technology ecosystems will become the foundation for a safer, more equitable, more open internet.
