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Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023

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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

39m agoHN ↗

I imagine they might wait, to make it’s legally obtained Bitcoin.

25m agoHN ↗

I know you're joking but keeping bitcoin now really does feel like a poor investment given it's showing no signs of ever being revived.

10m agoHN ↗

oh i dont think its 'dead' in the way people often describe. More...done. Like, the period of obscene growth is over and its now seemingly settled into a fairly dull investment with mediocre returns.

32m agoHN ↗

The project no longer uses that Bitcoin wallet for bounties.

22m agoHN ↗

What does that mean for that donation, and why is the wallet still listed on the website?

24m agoHN ↗

Bitcoin really isn't money.

They should send it to a dead wallet instead.

20m agoHN ↗

True and its also not compareable to gold.

But as long as others giving you real money for this garbage, it would be better to use it for a project like neovim :)

16m agoHN ↗

To never have experienced a usefulness of cryptocurrency is a privileged position to be in.

10m agoHN ↗

A dead wallet has better use for Bitcoin though.

We don't know where the Bitcoin has come from, so it needs to go extensive through anti money laundering checks.

Save the hassle of all of that taxes, accountancy and just send everything to a dead wallet.

19m agoHN ↗

Exactly this! It was rendered money by some minds.

14m agoHN ↗

Unlike that paper money. That paper money was created by the Gods!

17m agoHN ↗

is this (w)hole lie still hodling up? crazy! is my botnet still not out of puberty?