{"id":269155,"date":"2025-01-20T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/btcpay-server-foundation-receives-25000-grant-in-bitcoin-from-unbank\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:39","slug":"btcpay-server-foundation-receives-25000-grant-in-bitcoin-from-unbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/btcpay-server-foundation-receives-25000-grant-in-bitcoin-from-unbank\/","title":{"rendered":"BTCPay Server Foundation Receives $25,000 Grant In Bitcoin From Unbank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MTc5Mjk3ODA5OTY2MjQ1NTI3\/decentralized-payment-processor-btcpay-adds-new-invoicing-options.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.btcpayserver.org\/\">BTCPay Server Foundation<\/a>\u00a0was awarded a $25,000 grant paid directly in bitcoin from <a href=\"https:\/\/unbank.com\/\">Unbank<\/a>, a cash focused Bitcoin exchange, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. The grant will be paid out to contributors working on developing new features, open-source payment innovation, and\u00a0maintenance of BTCPay Server\u2019s Greenfield APIs and codebase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbank&#8217;s support is a testament to the growing recognition of open-source payment solutions in the Bitcoin ecosystem,\u201d said BTCPay Server core contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/r0ckstardev\">R0ckstar Dev<\/a>. \u201cThis grant will help our efforts to enhance BTCPay Server&#8217;s capabilities and reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unbank, which has become a leading bitcoin ATM network with over 830 ATMs and over 30,000 partner locations, is also utilizing BTCPay Server to process bitcoin sell transactions within their app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love using BTCPay Server in our operations,\u201d Emilio Pagan-Yourno, CEO and COO of Unbank. \u201cWhen customers buy Bitcoin at our ATMs, we rely on their API to batch and broadcast transactions every 15 minutes. Supporting BTCPay Server is not just essential for our business \u2014 it&#8217;s a privilege to contribute to the FOSS ecosystem that powers financial freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, BTCPay filmed and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/culture\/paid-in-bitcoin-btcpay-documentary-showcases-bitcoin-as-the-medium-of-exchange-at-bitcoin-2024-conference-in-nashville\">released<\/a> a documentary covering the use of bitcoin as a means of exchange at the world\u2019s largest Bitcoin conference in Nashville. BTCPay, in collaboration with Jack Maller\u2019s company Strike, enabled every vendor at the conference to accept bitcoin as payment.<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/btcpay-server-foundation-receives-25000-grant-in-bitcoin-from-unbank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Today, the\u00a0BTCPay Server Foundation\u00a0was awarded a $25,000 grant paid directly in bitcoin from Unbank, a cash focused Bitcoin exchange, according to a press release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}