Non-profit supervising development of layers for Bitcoin
Mission
Standardize
Create and maintain standards & public registries
See the current list of standards and registries
Implement
Develop opensource reference implementations of libraries, nodes & tools
See the list of our libraries, nodes and tools
Educate
Educate community and ensure alignment with cypherpunk values
See our values and community standards
Values
Censorship-resistance
Ability to transact is a form of free speech. All operations with LNP/BP technologies must be censorship-resistant, leveraging bitcoin PoW qualities and decentralized networks.
Privacy
Bitcoin and blockchains lacks privacy by exposing transaction graphs and allowing chain analysis. The new tech must be based on zk-proofs and client-side-validation to give the control over privacy back to the user.
Layerization
Separation of concerns & abstraction are cornerstones in developing and maintaining secure, extensible protocols and software
Scalable & confidential smart contracts with client-side-validation
LNP (Lightning Network Protocol)
Supporting Taproot, multi-peer participation, DEXes, composability and RGB
BP (Bitcoin Protocol)
Libraries implementing bitcoin protocol, for nodes and wallets
Sponsors & contributors
The association is a non-profit running on funds from our donors. We would like to thank all who made it possible for us to continue operations through the past years.
Pandora Prime
Fulgur Ventures
Bitfinex & Tether
Hojo Foundation
Bitlight Labs
DIBA Inc
Private donors
Not all donors can be named, many of them are anonymous or would like to respect their privacy.
Donations
We are accepting donations for the 2023 year via our BTCPayServer page.
Community
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