Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023
I was looking at neovim's donation footer at the bottom of their site and saw a bitcoin donation address.Thought I'd check how much in donations they've gotten. And I saw this massive 10 Bitcoin donation from back in 2023 (worth $800,000 now...)From the activity history, neovim last sent bitcoin out of the address in 2019 so it's been max 7 years since they've definitely had access.Does anyone from the neovim project know about this? Seems like a pretty significant amount of funding to have sitting there.
- ▪I was looking at neovim's donation footer at the bottom of their site and saw a bitcoin donation address.Thought I'd check how much in donations they've gotten.
- ▪And I saw this massive 10 Bitcoin donation from back in 2023 (worth $800,000 now...)From the activity history, neovim last sent bitcoin out of the address in 2019 so it's been max 7 years since they've definitely had access.Does anyone from
- ▪Seems like a pretty significant amount of funding to have sitting there.
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| Original publisher | Ycombinator |
| Canonical URL | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738879 |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:44:49 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-17T11:23:44.749Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-17T11:23:44.749Z |
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I was looking at neovim's donation footer at the bottom of their site and saw a bitcoin donation address.Thought I'd check how much in donations they've gotten. And I saw this massive 10 Bitcoin donation from back in 2023 (worth $800,000 now...)From the activity history, neovim last sent bitcoin out of the address in 2019 so it's been max 7 years since they've definitely had access.Does anyone from the neovim project know about this? Seems like a pretty significant amount of funding to have sitting there. Hope it can come to good use as I use neovim daily.https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1Evu6wPrzjsjrNPdCYbHy3HT6ry2EzXFyQ
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