2024
2024 Scholarship Application Is Now Open!
We are distributing three $2,000 scholarships to undergraduate students who are interested in cryptocurrencies.
Lee Clagett Raises Funds to Develop Monero for 3 Months
This development work will improve security, performance, and usability with an end goal of helping to broaden the user base.
GetMonero.dev Now Serves as Unofficial Monero Developer and User Documentation
The new website GetMonero.dev now serves unofficial Monero developer and user documentation.
MAGIC Monero Fund 2024 Election Results
Rucknium and Luke Parker were re-elected to the MAGIC Monero Fund committee
2023
MAGIC Monero Fund 2024 Election
Voter applications and committee candidate announcements are now available for the MAGIC Monero Fund committee election in January 2024
Progress on Firo’s Security Retainer with HashCloak
Firo fuzz tests have significantly greater coverage, and HashCloak identified security issues with Lelantus Spark and suggested fixes.
Announcing our 2023 Scholarship Recipients!
Three students were selected for undergraduate scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year.
MAGIC Grants Approves Security Retainer with HashCloak
The security retainer focuses on building out Firo’s fuzz testing infrastructure, expanding unit test coverage, and augmenting Firo’s existing PR review process.
2023 Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!
We are distributing three $2,000 scholarships to undergraduate students who are interested in cryptocurrencies.
Session Research Campaign Against Messenger Censorship
MAGIC Grants is helping Session research ways for messenger applications to circumvent state-level censorship
Aram Jivanyan to Research Elliptic Curves
Aram Jivanyan is working on improving Lelantus Spark, with an aim to get anonymity sets in the millions
Special Election for MAGIC Monero Fund
MajesticBank has been removed from the committee due to inactivty, and a special election will occur for their vacant seat
MAGIC Monero Fund 2023 Election Results
Welcoming monerobull, MajesticBank, and artlimber to the committee
2022
MAGIC Grants Receives $200,000 Donation from Arcadia for Firo Ecosystem
This generous donation will go towards research, development, security reviews, and more in the Firo ecosystem
MAGIC Monero Fund 2023 Election
Voter applications and committee candidate announcements are now available for the MAGIC Monero Fund committee election in January 2023
MAGIC Monero Fund Launches FOSS Crowdfunding Platform
This crowdfunding platform will allow the MAGIC Monero Fund and other funds to raise money for specific projects
MAGIC Grants Saves Firo Community $8000 for Lelantus Spark Audit
This audit of the Lelantus Spark implementation by HashCloak is essential for the security of the public Firo network
MAGIC Grants-Funded Research Paper on Monero Ring Signature Resiliency to AI Analysis Published
The 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 Development
noot is raising funds through the MAGIC Monero Fund to continue ETH-XMR atomic swap development
MAGIC Monero Fund Special Election Results
monerobull joins the committee for a term until January 2023
Introducing Memberships
Become a member today to support important efforts!
Special Election for the MAGIC Monero Fund
Following 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 Privacy
1.11 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 Applications
The MAGIC Monero Fund is now accepting applications for research grants focused on improving the Monero protocol and ecosystem.
Welcoming the Inaugural MAGIC Monero Fund Committee
Five Monero community members will advise on fund decisions.
2021
Comparing MAGIC Funds and Gitcoin
Gitcoin is often discussed in charitable cryptocurrency conversations, but it is not a charity.
Code audit for Lelantus Spark in Firo
We have opened a campaign to assist the Firo community in raising funds for a code audit of Lelantus Spark
Announcing the MAGIC Monero Fund
This community-driven fund will support the Monero ecosystem
New website!
Our new website will help MAGIC Grants grow
Support the 2021 Defcon Cryptocurrency Village
The Defcon Cryptocurrency Village is an opportunity to educate security professionals about cryptocurrencies.
Announcing our 2021 Scholarship Recipients!
Three students were selected for undergraduate scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year.
2020
Dr. Sarang Noether to Implement Bulletproofs+ in Monero
Bulletproofs+ will further reduce transaction sizes and verification time for Monero.
Announcing our 2020 Scholarship Recipients!
Three students were selected for undergraduate scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year.