How It Will Work

Not yet operating. The association is awaiting registration and does not collect donations or pay out funding until it exists as a legal person. What follows is the process as designed and as the platform preview implements it.

For Donors

Step 1: Browse Projects

The projects page lists open-source projects with funding goals.

Step 2: Choose a Goal

Every project has goals: features, infrastructure, improvements. Pick what matters to you.

Step 3: Send a Donation

Each donation session gets a dedicated wallet address. Send any amount of USDT; the payment is detected automatically within a few minutes.

Step 4: Track Progress

The funding gauge fills in real time. All payments are recorded on-chain, so anyone can verify them independently. When a goal is fully funded, development begins.

Where the Money Goes

  • The overwhelming majority goes directly to the developer building the feature; the statute requires it
  • A small share covers the association’s operations (servers, payment infrastructure, legal)
  • A share is set aside to promote the funded project

The exact proportions are decided each year by the Board of Directors, recorded in the internal regulations and published here together with the annual report. The promotion share accumulates per project; when it reaches a meaningful amount, campaigns help the project find more users and contributors.

For Open Source Maintainers

Step 1: Register Interest

Sign in with GitHub. Applications are reviewed once the association is registered.

Step 2: List Your Project

Approved projects get a page with a dedicated wallet pool for donations.

Step 3: Set Goals

Define specific goals: features to build, infrastructure costs, hardware you need. Set a target amount and a delivery estimate.

Step 4: Get Funded, Build, Ship

When a goal is funded you get paid and start building. Commit activity is tracked and the project is promoted to reach new users.

Technical Details

  • Payments: USDT stablecoin via supported blockchain networks
  • Unique addresses: each donation session gets a dedicated address from an HD wallet pool
  • Detection: payment sync monitors the blockchain and confirms transactions automatically
  • Verification: every transaction is publicly verifiable on the respective block explorer
  • Security: no private keys on the web server; addresses derived from extended public keys
  • Multi-chain: additional networks are added as infrastructure grows