About the MAGIC Monero Fund

MAGIC (Multidisciplinary Academic Grants in Cryptocurrencies) Grants is a 501(c)(3) U.S. nonprofit that focuses on building strong cryptocurrency communities and networks. The MAGIC Monero Fund is a subentity of MAGIC Grants guided by a five-member committee elected by Monero community members.

MAGIC Monero Fund Vision and Goals:

Improve the Monero ecosystem.
Support Monero development and research.
Create Monero educational resources.
Fund Monero security audits.
Run essential services that support the Monero ecosystem.

Committee Members

Vik Sharma is the owner of Cake Wallet and Monero.com. He is also the president of Liberty Steel USA.
Rucknium is a Monero Research Lab researcher and economist who has focused on statistical obfuscation on Monero and Bitcoin Cash.
kayabaNerve is a Monero-ecosystem developer and security researcher who was the first to implement Monero atomic swaps with ASMR.
Deverick is an application security developer for Blackbaud, a leading nonprofit cloud services platform. He co-planned the 2021 Monero Party.
Csilla Brimer is a blockchain consultant at Willenrimer and a co-founder of the Open Economy Initiative. She co-planned the 2021 Monero Party.

Submitting grant applications

The MAGIC Monero Fund is currently accepting applications for grants involving research. Processes for other types of grants will be established soon. The process for submitting a research grant is described here.