A steady home for the people helping improve Bitcoin, together.
We work to sustainably support Bitcoin's future by investing in the people who make it possible. Here's how:
We hire talented developers and provide them with the long-term backing to focus on high-impact work. Our Amsterdam office serves as a hub where our team collaborates with visiting developers on critical projects. We have also sponsored work visas for our team members in the past, making Bitcoin development accessible to contributors from around the world.
Our office gives developers a dedicated space for focused work, reducing isolation and boosting productivity through in-person connection. We welcome visiting contributors for collaborative sprints, enable hands-on mentorship between developers working side by side, and host events that bring the broader community together under one roof.
We foster new talent through educational events, content, and mentorship programs. Our office serves as a meeting point where emerging developers and protocol veterans work together, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. By exposing our team and visiting contributors to fresh perspectives, dynamic ideas, and new technologies, we hope to stimulate innovation and prevent developer ossification.
2140 grew out of a shared vision between veteran Bitcoin developers Josie Baker and Ruben Somsen, known for their collaboration on Silent Payments (BIP 0352). While working closely together, we commiserated over the structural challenges that make the critical work open-source contributors do unnecessarily difficult, and stifle innovation.
We identified four key obstacles constraining the Bitcoin ecosystem and envisioned practical ways to empower talented developers to overcome these challenges:
Bitcoin development has never been a predictable career path. We provide the stability and long-term support—whether remote or in-office—that's otherwise hard to find, helping to grow and strengthen the talent pool for years to come.
One-year grant cycles push developers toward short-term output instead of the sustained focus Bitcoin's biggest challenges require. We offer employment that enables developers to think in years, not months.
Remote work has its limits. Creating physical spaces where developers can meet, collaborate, and mentor each other facilitates the kind of knowledge sharing and spontaneous problem-solving that virtual meetings simply can't replicate.
Bitcoin development funding and infrastructure remain concentrated in just a few regions. By establishing our presence in Amsterdam, we're creating a European gateway for both talent and capital, making the Bitcoin ecosystem more globally distributed and resilient.
In response, we founded the 2140 Foundation in 2024.
We've established a comfortable Amsterdam office that's already hosting visitors and community events. We've built a team focused not just on technical progress, but on figuring out how to operate sustainably for the long haul. We're growing our external presence through conferences, our blog, and community engagement. And we're actively fundraising to ensure we can continue providing the stable careers and collaborative environment Bitcoin development needs.
We build for the long haul—sustainable careers, sustainable funding models, and sustainable contributions to Bitcoin. We believe the protocol's future depends on creating the conditions where people and ideas can thrive for years, not just months.
We create spaces and opportunities for genuine connection. The best ideas emerge when developers work alongside each other, share knowledge freely, and build lasting relationships. We're not just hiring developers—we're building a community.
Everything we do aims to strengthen Bitcoin for the long term. We focus on high-impact work, structural improvements, and the critical problems that truly move the protocol forward. We measure success by meaningful contributions, not output for output's sake.
Since we're entirely donor-funded, it's thanks to our supporters and partners that we're able to make an impact for the broader Bitcoin community.
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