OpenBSD Project survived after $20,000 Donation from Romanian Bitcoin Billionaire
Jan 21, 2014
Last year in the month of December the Security-focused Unix-like distribution ' OpenBSD ' Foundation announced that it was facing shut down due to lack of funds to pay their electricity bills and dedicated Internet line costs. Theo de Raadt , the founder of the OpenBSD project, and Bob Beck (Developer) announced : " In light of shrinking funding, we do need to look for a source to cover project expenses. If need be the OpenBSD Foundation can be involved in receiving donations to cover project electrical costs. But the fact is right now, OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to keep the lights on. " Just after a month, a Bitcoin billionaire from Romania has stepped in and sorted OpenBSD out! Mircea Popescu , the creator of the MPEx Bitcoin stock exchange has offered $20,000 donations to the OpenBSD Foundation and saved the existence of OpenBSD development from being stopped. Like each open source project, OpenBSD production servers we...
