Vinteum is a nonprofit Bitcoin research and development center co-founded by Lucas Ferreira and André Neves to build local pathways for developers in Brazil and Latin America to contribute to Bitcoin's open-source ecosystem. Vinteum's Twitter Score is 14 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #68,503 among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Vinteum was founded in 2022 and supports contributions to Bitcoin Core, the Lightning Network, and other critical Bitcoin infrastructure through education, mentorship, fellowships, grants, seminars, meetups, and in-person programs. The organization is Bitcoin-only and does not promote tokens or other coins. Bruno Garcia, an early Brazilian Bitcoin Core contributor, has helped shape Vinteum's technical direction and mentor developers.
Vinteum operates Casa21, a physical Bitcoin hackerhouse that hosts workshops, meetups, residencies, and open-source collaboration. The organization is backed by Xapo Bank, OpenSats, the Human Rights Foundation, Btrust, OranjeBTC, OKX, Wences Casares, John Pfeffer, and Sebastian Serrano. Vinteum has published 836 posts and has been mentioned by 37 accounts a total of 89 times.
Vinteum's portfolio includes Stratum V2.
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The accounts that follow Vinteum include 74 founders, 8 angel investors and 50 influencers. Among them are leighcuen.substack.com, Dylan LeClair, Alex Gladstein, Blockstream, Christine D. Kim and Neha Narula.