Dogecoin Foundation Announces New Fund for Core Developers

The Dogecoin Foundation allocated 5 million DOGE, which is around $360,000 at the time of writing, to the development of the ecosystem. The new fund for Dogecoin Core developers will promote the Dogecoin ecosystem further in the new year.

The Dogecoin Foundation announced the establishment of a new community development fund, Dogecoin Core, managed by existing core developers and Dogecoin Foundation board director signatories. It has taken the step of transferring 5,000,000 Dogecoin, which is around $360,000 at the time of writing, to a development fund with the intention of allocating it to Dogecoin Core, whose development is critical and benefits the Dogecoin ecosystem. The Foundation will post transparent blog posts about all expenditures and developments.

This is a new, segregated multi-signature wallet, designed to transparently manage the 5,000,000 DOGE amount, the post explains. The DOGE stored in this wallet will reward Dogecoin Core developers for working on all contributions, no matter how big or small.

This new multisig wallet will be managed by Dogecoin Core developers and Dogecoin Foundation members. The wallet is secured with a three out of five signature threshold, with the following custodians:

• chromatic (Dogecoin Core developer)
• Marshall Hayner (Dogecoin Foundation Board)
• Michi Lumin (Dogecoin Core developer, Dogecoin Foundation Board)
• Patrick Lodder (Dogecoin Core developer)
• Ross Nicoll (Former Dogecoin Core developer)

The wallet shall operate as follows:

1. With every major or minor release of Dogecoin Core, 500,000 DOGE shall be distributed among all contributors credited in the release notes since the previous major or minor release, exclusively. A release must meet a threshold of at least 25 non-whitespace/comment-only pull requests to qualify as a major or minor release. These are the only permissible transfers out from this wallet.
2. The height of the payout for each individual contributor will be weighed based on the process used for the Dogecoin Core tip jar, to minimize duplication of work, or based thereon if no functional Dogecoin Core tip jar exists at that time.
3. Custodians do not have any rights to the money held in the wallet, individually or as a group.
4. All distributions shall be publicly announced and distributed widely across social media channels to the best of the abilities of the custodians.
5. A custodian can only request succession for their own slot but cannot nominate their successor. The remaining custodians shall publicly nominate a replacement and unanimously agree on the appointment of the successor. When this process is completed in full and a successor is appointed, the custodian is relieved of all duties.
6. If a custodian is unreachable without notice for a period of 3 months or more, the remaining custodians shall initiate a succession process under clause 5. The affected custodian shall be permitted to return to active duty until the succession process has been completed in full.

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