From: Matthew Ramsden <6657488+reez@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:35:07 +0000 (-0500) Subject: foundation: add john grantee X-Git-Url: http://internal-gitweb-vhost/base64/struct.PubkeyHash.html?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=inline;p=bitcoindevkit.org foundation: add john grantee --- diff --git a/docs/foundation/grantees.md b/docs/foundation/grantees.md index a8aa105ba2..841f1a57af 100644 --- a/docs/foundation/grantees.md +++ b/docs/foundation/grantees.md @@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ Outside of Bitcoin, he loves to draw and explore creative expression through art Itoro's grant is [funded by BTrust](https://blog.btrust.tech/announcing-q1-2025-btrust-grants/). [Btrust](https://www.btrust.tech) is a non-profit organization with a dedicated mission to decentralize the development of Bitcoin software. Their focus is on fostering developer talent in the global south and supporting the free and open-source Bitcoin ecosystem. +## John Osezele + +[:material-github:](https://github.com/Johnosezele) + +John is a mobile engineer with experience building across edtech, fintech, and security. He began his career as a native Android developer with Java, progressed to Kotlin, and later moved into cross-platform development with Flutter and Dart. + +His entry into Bitcoin open source began with the [Chaincode BOSS program](https://bosschallenge.xyz/). After completing the program, he contributed to Rust-Payjoin, particularly in the release of [payjoin-0.25.0](https://github.com/payjoin/rust-payjoin/releases/tag/payjoin-0.25.0). Recognizing a gap in Bitcoin's mobile tooling for Dart, he joined the foundational [discussion](https://github.com/orgs/payjoin/discussions/673) and contributed to the development of [uniffi-dart](https://github.com/Uniffi-Dart/uniffi-dart), before turning his focus to building Dart language bindings for BDK, now [bdk-dart](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-dart). He is now a co-maintainer of bdk-dart and leads the development of the [BDK Dart Wallet](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-dart/tree/main/bdk_demo), built in Flutter. + +John's grant is [funded by Btrust](https://blog.btrust.tech/q1-2026-btrust-developer-grant-announcement/). [Btrust](https://www.btrust.tech/) is a non-profit organization with a dedicated mission to decentralize the development of Bitcoin software, with a focus on fostering developer talent in the Global South. + ## Leonardo Souza [:material-github:](https://github.com/oleonardolima)   [:material-twitter:](https://twitter.com/oleonardolima)   [:lucide-feather:](https://njump.me/npub1ez8efu9rjxu64g0lalty2ffmr2tgkzjz92rkafyfyz5463wr8ars8zls5t)