OpenSats is a nonprofit public charity that funds free and open-source development across Bitcoin, Nostr, and broader freedom technology. OpenSats's Twitter Score is 49 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #18,502 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
OpenSats was co-founded by Ben Price and Matt Odell and operates as a 501(c)(3) organization structured around a nine-person volunteer board. Its funding model is designed for full transparency: every dollar donated to its open-source funds passes directly to grantees, with operational expenses drawn from a separate budget rather than from grant pools. The General Fund supports Bitcoin developers working on security, privacy, scaling, wallets, and tooling, while the Nostr Fund directs resources to relay operators, client developers, library maintainers, and protocol contributors.
OpenSats has reported allocating $27,859,999 USD, sending roughly 33.1 billion sats, and supporting 328 grantees across more than 32 countries. The organization received a $10 million donation from #startsmall in May 2023, including $5 million designated for the Nostr ecosystem, followed by an additional $21 million from #startsmall in May 2024. Bitwise's Bitcoin ETF commits a portion of its profits to Bitcoin open-source development with OpenSats as a named recipient, and Build Asset Management directs a share of its management fees split between OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation Bitcoin Development Fund. OpenSats has also previously received backing from Tether and StarkWare and Starknet Foundation. The Reynolds Foundation is among its current backers. OpenSats issued a Spring 2026 call for grant applications open to Bitcoin, Nostr, and freedom technology developers.
OpenSats has published 304 posts and has 18,217 followers as of August 2026. The account has been mentioned by 169 accounts a total of 360 times.
OpenSats's portfolio includes The Tor Project, BTCPay Server, Bitcoin Design Community, Fully Noded, LNbits, Fedimint, Bitcoin Jungle and My First Bitcoin.
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The accounts that follow OpenSats include 258 founders, 27 angel investors, 154 influencers and 4 VCs. Among them are Laura Shin, Udi Wertheimer, Jesse Powell, 0xMaki, Hunter Horsley and Michael Arrington.