{"id":21116,"date":"2023-05-22T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-miner-marathon-pledges-500k-to-brink\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:29:03","slug":"crypto-miner-marathon-pledges-500k-to-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-miner-marathon-pledges-500k-to-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Miner Marathon pledges $500K to Brink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Crypto Miner Marathon CEO Fred Thiel stressed the significance of proper financing for the development and maintenance of the open-source Bitcoin Core client software said recently. 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Following the conference, they would match additional contributions one-for-one through December 31.<\/p>\n<p>The monies will be used to support grants and programmes that financially pay Bitcoin Core engineers, who are critical in building and maintaining the technology for the world\u2019s premier blockchain. The Bitcoin ecosystem relies significantly on voluntary donations to continue its development as an open-source and decentralised project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>100% up to 5BTC + 100 <strong> Free Spins<\/strong>!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. 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Marathon hopes to demonstrate its support for the Bitcoin funding environment by committing to match donations, demonstrating the willingness of a vested corporate body to contribute monetarily.<\/p>\n<p>Marathon CEO Fred Thiel emphasised the significance of compensating developers, adding that they frequently incur the costs themselves and rely on subsidies like those offered by Brink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>350% or 5BTC + <strong>150 Spins!<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. 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At the conference, Thiel and Mike Schmidt, co-founder and executive director of Brink, jointly announced the contribution drive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>350% or 5BTC + <strong>150 Spins!<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. 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