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Maelstrom Publishes First Annual Report for Bitcoin Developer Grant Program

Maelstrom Publishes First Annual Report for Bitcoin Developer Grant Program

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tags. Translate text inside. Key terms: - Bitcoin Core -> Bitcoin Core (proper noun, keep as is) - Payjoin -> Payjoin (protocol name, keep) - Silent Payments -> Silent Payments (keep, maybe add "Pagos Silenciosos"? But BIP-375 is known as Silent Payments, so keep English) - MuSig2 -> MuSig2 - DLEQ proofs -> pruebas DLEQ - libsecp256k1 -> libsecp256k1 - BIP-375 -> BIP-375 - etc. Numbers and dates: keep exact. "October 2024" -> "octubre de 2024" (month in lowercase). "1,155" -> "1.155" in Spanish (dot as thousand separator? Actually in Spanish, period is used for thousands, comma for decimals. But numbers like 1,155 in English uses comma. In Spanish, we use period: 1.155. However, dates and numbers in article: "1,155 review comments" -> "1.155 comentarios de revisión". Also "400 more PR comments" -> "más de 400 comentarios en PR". For currency: "$400,000" -> "$400.000" (Spanish uses period). Also "20-month span" -> "período de 20 meses". Names: Rkrux, Stratospher, Benalleng, Macgyver – keep as is. Arthur Hayes, Jonathan Bier – keep. Meta description translation: "El Programa de Becas para Desarrolladores de Bitcoin de Maelstrom publica su primer informe anual, detallando 20 meses de financiamiento a cuatro desarrolladores que trabajan en Bitcoin Core y en infraestructura de privacidad." Now write the full content translation. Ensure natural flow. Let's write paragraph by paragraph. First paragraph: "Maelstrom, the family office of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, has released its first annual report for the Bitcoin Grant Program. The document covers a 20-month span starting October 2024 and details work by four active developers — Rkrux, Stratospher, Benalleng, and Macgyver — who are funded through 12-month contracts paid monthly in Bitcoin. Each developer receives up to $400,000 per year, fully paid by Maelstrom." Translation: "Maelstrom, la oficina familiar del cofundador de BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, ha publicado su primer informe anual del Programa de Becas para Desarrolladores de Bitcoin. El documento abarca un período de 20 meses a partir de octubre de 2024 y detalla el trabajo de cuatro desarrolladores activos — Rkrux, Stratospher, Benalleng y Macgyver — que reciben financiamiento mediante contratos de 12 meses pagados mensualmente en Bitcoin. Cada desarrollador recibe hasta $400.000 por año, pagados en su totalidad por Maelstrom." Note: "family office" is often kept as "family office" or "oficina familiar". I used "oficina familiar". Also "grant program" -> "Programa de Becas". "co-founder" -> "cofundador". Second paragraph: "Two grantees work on Bitcoin Core itself; the other two focus on Bitcoin privacy infrastructure. Since the program launched, five developers have been supported in total. The review committee consists of Hayes and Jonathan Bier." Translation: "Dos becarios trabajan directamente en Bitcoin Core; los otros dos se centran en la infraestructura de privacidad de Bitcoin. Desde el lanzamiento del programa, se ha apoyado a cinco desarrolladores en total. El comité de revisión está compuesto por Hayes y Jonathan Bier." Third paragraph (Rkrux): "Rkrux has been a grantee since October 2024. In 2025, they made 1,155 review comments across more than 200 pull requests, ranking 11th among the most active commenters on the Bitcoin Core codebase. In the first five months of 2026, Rkrux added over 400 more PR comments. Their work includes MuSig2 — a protocol that makes multisig indistinguishable from single-sig — and deprecating legacy wallets in favor of descriptor-based wallets." Translation: "Rkrux ha sido becario desde octubre de 2024. En 2025, realizó 1.155 comentarios de revisión en más de 200 solicitudes de extracción (pull requests), ubicándose en el 11.º lugar entre los comentaristas más activos en el código base de Bitcoin Core. En los primeros cinco meses de 2026, Rkrux añadió más de 400 comentarios en PR. Su trabajo incluye MuSig2 — un protocolo que hace que las multisig sean indistinguibles de las single-sig — y la desactivación de billeteras heredadas en favor de billeteras basadas en descriptores." Note: "pull requests" can be translated as "solicitudes de extracción" or kept as "pull requests". I used both for clarity. "codebase" -> "código base". "multisig" -> "multisig" (common). "single-sig" -> "single-sig". "descriptor-based wallets" -> "billeteras basadas en descriptores". Fourth paragraph (Stratospher): "Stratospher, funded since November 2025, discovered and fixed an undefined behavior bug in Bitcoin Core's FindMostWorkChain function. They also contributed to removing the BLOCK_FAILED_CHILD flag and worked on DLEQ proofs in libsecp256k1 for Silent Payments. Stratospher presented at the Africa Bitcoin Conference on open source development and privacy." Translation: "Stratospher, financiado desde noviembre de 2025, descubrió y corrigió un error de comportamiento indefinido en la función FindMostWorkChain de Bitcoin Core. También contribuyó a la eliminación de la bandera BLOCK_FAILED_CHILD y trabajó en pruebas DLEQ en libsecp256k1 para Silent Payments. Stratospher presentó en la Africa Bitcoin Conference sobre desarrollo de código abierto y privacidad." Note: "undefined behavior bug" -> "error de comportamiento indefinido". "flag" -> "bandera". "Africa Bitcoin Conference" keep as is. Fifth paragraph (Payjoin): "Benalleng, funded since June 2025, works full-time on Payjoin, a protocol that breaks the heuristic that all transaction inputs belong to the same party. The Payjoin API has been integrated into Bull Bitcoin and Cake Wallet, with five or more additional wallet integrations in progress. Bindings for Python, Javascript, Dart, and CSharp have been released." Translation: "Benalleng, financiado desde junio de 2025, trabaja a tiempo completo en Payjoin, un protocolo que rompe la heurística de que todas las entradas de una transacción pertenecen a la misma parte. La API de Payjoin se ha integrado en Bull Bitcoin y Cake Wallet, y hay cinco o más integraciones adicionales de billeteras en curso. Se han publicado enlaces (bindings) para Python, Javascript, Dart y CSharp." Note: "bindings" -> "enlaces" or "bindings". I used "enlaces (bindings)" for clarity. Sixth paragraph (Macgyver): "Macgyver, also funded since June 2025, focuses on Silent Payments (BIP-375), which allows payments to a static address without address reuse. Wallet support now includes send/receive on Blindbit-Desktop, Cake Wallet, and Dana Wallet; Sparrow Wallet and Nunchuk support sending. A draft implementation for Bitcoin Core is on hold pending a libsecp256k1 module dependency. Macgyver formalized the Silent Payments roadmap, produced BIP-375 test vectors, proposed the first working hardware signer implementation for Coldcard, and organizes monthly working group meetups." Translation: "Macgyver, también financiado desde junio de 2025, se centra en Silent Payments (BIP-375), que permite realizar pagos a una dirección estática sin reutilización de direcciones. El soporte de billeteras incluye ahora envío/recepción en Blindbit-Desktop, Cake Wallet y Dana Wallet; Sparrow Wallet y Nunch