Thank You to DuckDuckGo for Their Continued Support of OSTIF

DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, has contributed to OSTIF for a third time by donating $25,000 USD. The charitable giving as part of DuckDuckGo’s annual program Spread Privacy is special, as the funds are not allocated to any specific project. This contribution helps OSTIF tremendously and allows the organization to…

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Amazon Web Services Supports Open Source Technology Improvement Fund

Amazon Web Services Supports Open Source Technology Improvement Fund Amir Montazery, Managing Director, Open Source Technology Improvement Fund, Inc (OSTIF) The OSTIF team is absolutely thrilled to announce that we’ve reached an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide $500,000 in funding. The funding from AWS will help OSTIF…

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OSTIF Partners with Omidyar Network

Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is thrilled to announce its first philanthropic partnership with Omidyar Network (ON). OSTIF is joining a strong network of open source advocates and specialists under the ON portfolio to further the Open and Secure Internet Ecosystem. “This is a significant accomplishment for OSTIF and expands…

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OSTIF has Received Another Contribution from DuckDuckGo

Duckduckgo, the privacy search engine, has contributed to OSTIF for a second time by donating $25,000 USD. Their site that tracks their charitable donations Spread Privacy has the official announcement. These funds are not allocated to any specific project, which helps OSTIF tremendously by allowing us to spend resources on…

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We are Working with the Monero Community for Multiple Audits of RandomX

The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is working with the Monero community to fund at least two (and probably three) audits of Monero RandomX. What is RandomX? RandomX is a project that implements a dynamic proof of work algorithm. The aim of an algorithm that changes is to make it…

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Stop the Spies – OpenSSL 1.1.1 Fundraiser

UPDATE: We are now 81% funded! Keep spreading the word! Matched donations by DuckDuckGo on Crowdrise here: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/ostif1/ostif Ways to contribute for FREE: https://ostif.org/how-to-contribute-to-ostif-for-free/ Donate using a huge number of options here: https://ostif.org/donate What are we working on? OpenSSL powers everything. 70% of the top million websites use OpenSSL to provide encryption…

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OpenSSL 1.1.1 Fundraiser – 2nd Round of Funding

Double Your Donations With CrowdRise Today, we begin our second round of funding in partnership with DuckDuckGo, who will be matching Crowdrise donations for the next four weeks! You can view the Crowdrise campaign and donate here to have your donation matched (doubled): https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/ostif1/ OpenSSL 1.1.1 Project Changes We have…

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OpenSSL Fundraiser Updates – Progress and Thank Yous

November 19th OpenSSL Fundraiser Updates - Progress and Thank Yous Our work fundraising for the massive OpenSSL 1.1.1 project continues. Our project is now up to hundreds of backers and dozens of companies and organizations. I would like to thank OpenVPN Technologies for their continued support (they have donated an…

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