According to BlockBeats, on September 17, according to official news, Arthur Hayes' family financial office Maelstrom announced that it had awarded the first grant of its Bitcoin Developer Program to contributor Rkrux. This fund will support Rkrux to work on Bitcoin Core full-time. The specific amount of funding has not been disclosed yet.

BlockBeats previously reported that BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes said in mid-July that his family office Maelstrom had launched a Bitcoin developer funding program.