today, BTCPay Server Foundation Received a $25,000 grant paid directly in Bitcoin from… Non-bankinga cash-focused bitcoin exchange, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. The grant will be paid to contributors who work on developing new features, open source payment innovation, and maintaining the Greenfield APIs and code base of BTCPay Server.
“Supporting Unbank is a testament to the growing recognition of open source payment solutions in the Bitcoin ecosystem,” said the primary contributor to BTCPay Server. R0ckstar dev. “This grant will aid our efforts to enhance BTCPay’s server capabilities and reach.”
Unbank, which has become a leading Bitcoin ATM network with over 830 ATMs and over 30,000 partner locations, also uses the BTCPay server to process Bitcoin sell transactions within its app.
“We love using the BTCPay server in our operations,” said Emilio Pagan-Yourno, CEO and COO of Unbank. “When customers buy Bitcoin from our ATMs, we rely on their API to collect and broadcast transactions every 15 minutes. BTCPay server support is not only essential to our business, it is an honor for us to contribute to the FOSS ecosystem that Supports financial freedom.
Last summer, BTCPay filmed and released a documentary covering the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange at the world’s largest Bitcoin conference in Nashville. BTCPay, in collaboration with Jacques Mahler’s company Strike, enabled every vendor at the conference to accept Bitcoin as payment.