MAGIC (Multidisciplinary Academic Grants in Cryptocurrencies) Grants is a 501(c)(3) U.S. nonprofit that focuses on building strong cryptocurrency communities and networks. The MAGIC Monero Fund is a subentity of MAGIC Grants guided by a five-member committee elected by Monero community members.
- Improve the Monero ecosystem.
- Support Monero development and research.
- Create Monero educational resources.
- Fund Monero security audits.
- Run essential services that support the Monero ecosystem.
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Rucknium is a Monero Research Lab researcher and economist who has focused on statistical obfuscation on Monero and Bitcoin Cash.
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kayabaNerve is a Monero-ecosystem developer and security researcher who was the first to implement Monero atomic swaps with ASMR.
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Deverick is an application security developer for Blackbaud, a leading nonprofit cloud services platform. He co-planned the 2021 Monero Party.
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Csilla Brimer is a blockchain consultant at Willenrimer and a co-founder of the Open Economy Initiative. She co-planned the 2021 Monero Party.
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monerobull is a distributor of marketing materials for Monero Outreach and moderates various communication channels of the Monero community.
The MAGIC Monero Fund is currently accepting applications for grants involving research. Processes for other types of grants will be established soon. The process for submitting a research grant is described here.