{"id":37092,"date":"2021-02-26T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=37092"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:46:22","slug":"bitmex-operator-to-award-100000-grant-to-bitcoin-core-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitmex-operator-to-award-100000-grant-to-bitcoin-core-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"BitMEX operator to award $100,000 grant to Bitcoin Core developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 100x Group, operator of the BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange, announced a grant of $100,000 to Bitcoin Core developer Michael Ford.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[1\/3] 100x Group Provides Third Grant To Bitcoin Core Maintainer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fanquake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fanquake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re proud to announce a third grant to Michael Ford, of US$100,000, bringing our total financial support to US$250,000 over three years<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vUzwdPhSia\">https:\/\/t.co\/vUzwdPhSia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/znrJUWhqfk\">pic.twitter.com\/znrJUWhqfk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitMEXResearch\/status\/1364831358569357312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 100x Group, operator of the BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange, announced a grant of $100,000 to Bitcoin Core developer Michael Ford. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126120\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126120\" class=\"wp-image-126120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100x-Group-Provides-Third-Grant-To-Bitcoin-Maintainer-Michael-Ford-BitMEX-Blog-Google-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"BitMEX operator to grant $100,000 grant to Bitcoin developer\" width=\"906\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100x-Group-Provides-Third-Grant-To-Bitcoin-Maintainer-Michael-Ford-BitMEX-Blog-Google-Chrome.jpg 906w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100x-Group-Provides-Third-Grant-To-Bitcoin-Maintainer-Michael-Ford-BitMEX-Blog-Google-Chrome-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/100x-Group-Provides-Third-Grant-To-Bitcoin-Maintainer-Michael-Ford-BitMEX-Blog-Google-Chrome-768x156.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-126120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: BitMEX Research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Together with earlier payouts, funding for the blockchain specialist known as Fanquake from the exchange\u2019s parent companies has reached $250,000. Until July 2020, the BitMEX operator was HDR Global Trading.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> Core maintainer Michael Ford (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fanquake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fanquake<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This grant is provided in conjunction with the generous support of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/100xGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@100xGroup<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitMEXResearch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BitMEXResearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8OMlYJHouz\">https:\/\/t.co\/8OMlYJHouz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Independent Reserve (@indepreserve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indepreserve\/status\/1364835805206781953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPeople&#8217;s trust in Bitcoin is supported by its security and stability. In ensuring this, Bitcoin Core developers play a key role,\u201d said Adrian Przelozny, CEO of Independent Reserve.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alexander Khoptner, CEO of 100x Group, noted that specialists such as Ford build the infrastructure on which the company\u2019s business depends. The grant is provided without conditions, and Fanquake may work on open-source projects at his discretion, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, HDR Global Trading awarded a grant of $100,000 to Chaincode Labs and Bitcoin Core developer Gleb Naumenko, and the OKCoin exchange also provided financial <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/okcoin-awards-six-figure-grant-to-bitcoin-developer-marco-falke\">support in the form of a six-figure sum<\/a> to Marco Falco, who is also working on Bitcoin client development.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Marathon, a mining company, joined funding for Bitcoin Core developers, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-core-developer-jonas-schnelli-to-receive-a-96000-grant-from-marathon\">allocating $96 000 to Jonas Schnelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news stream, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 100x Group, operator of the BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange, announced a $100,000 grant to Bitcoin Core developer Michael Ford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[143,788,1192,1358],"class_list":["post-37092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-core","tag-bitmex","tag-developers","tag-grants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37094,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37092\/revisions\/37094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}