MAGIC Grants is a public charity that provides undergraduate scholarships for students interested in cryptocurrencies and privacy, supports cryptocurrency public payment infrastructure, and supports privacy.
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Undergraduate Scholarships
MAGIC Grants offers undergraduate scholarships to students interested in cryptocurrencies, regardless of pursued degree. Applications typically open in late March and close in mid July. Click here to learn more.
MAGIC Funds and Public Infrastructure
MAGIC Grants supports various cryptocurrency networks, which we believe are essential public payment infrastructure. MAGIC Grants empowers communities to set up MAGIC Funds for various projects deemed essential. These Funds are semi-autonomous and can choose to fund various qualifying activities, including educational materials, essential developer maintenance, research, and security audits.
Announcements and Updates
- MAGIC Grants-Funded Research Paper on Monero Ring Signature Resiliency to AI Analysis PublishedThe research was completed over six months and used artificial intelligence to test the strength of ring signatures absent external information, with modest results.
- Announcing our 2022 Scholarship Recipients!Three students were selected for undergraduate scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year.
- Campaign to Continue ETH-XMR Atomic Swap Developmentnoot is raising funds through the MAGIC Monero Fund to continue ETH-XMR atomic swap development
- MAGIC Monero Fund Special Election Resultsmonerobull joins the committee for a term until January 2023
- Introducing MembershipsBecome a member today to support important efforts!
- Special Election for the MAGIC Monero FundFollowing the resignation of Vik Sharma, the MAGIC Monero Fund will elect a new committee member.
- 2022 Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!We are distributing three $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate students who are interested in cryptocurrencies.
- Announcing 2 Research Grants for Lightning Network Privacy1.11 BTC is available from Wasabi Wallet and Dan Gershony. Research applications are now open through March 14th.
- The MAGIC Monero Fund Is Now Accepting Research Grant ApplicationsThe MAGIC Monero Fund is now accepting applications for research grants focused on improving the Monero protocol and ecosystem.
- Welcoming the Inaugural MAGIC Monero Fund CommitteeFive Monero community members will advise on fund decisions.