Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023
- ID
- 25600
- Status
- new
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026, 6:44 PM
- Fetched
- 19 Sep 2026, 7:26 PM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738879
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Excerpt
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 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738879
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