If I had to use a few words to describe this, I can only say: Damn. Awesome. $BTC, with a market cap of $2 trillion, has only 41 Bitcoin Core developers. Among them, only 5 maintainers have the authority to merge code into the mainnet. Over the past 10 years, only 13 people have ever held this position. Traditional tech companies have tens of thousands of developers and spend billions of dollars annually on R&D. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s annual protocol layer budget is only in the millions. No foundation, no centralized treasury—who’s funding Bitcoin Core? That’s right, donations. Bitcoin relies on contributions from a loose network of organizations, individuals, and companies, with every penny spent wisely. The article lists 13 major funding organizations. Surprisingly, the only one from the exchange ecosystem that has consistently provided funding over the years is OKX. Yes, you read that right—only OKX. @okx Since the OKCoin era, OKX has been consistently funding Bitcoin Core development. While most exchanges focus solely on listing coins, trading volume, and fees, OKX is one of the few institutions genuinely investing in Bitcoin’s “underlying security” and “long-term sustainability” with real money. Institutions truly paying for the long-term security of the protocol layer are few and far between. And I’ve never seen OKX promote this anywhere before. Big thumbs up to OKX and to Lao Xu @okx @star_okx @Haiteng_okx https://a.foresightnews.pro/article/detail/92885