Bitmain, 1 of the world's largest Bitcoin (BTC) miner producers, has reportedly halted its funding for some primary developers maintaining Bitcoin-related software.

Jonas Schnelli, a major Bitcoin Core contributor and maintainer, claimed that Bitmain halted its support later on funding his efforts for more than than iii years.

In a Dec. 1 tweet, Schnelli said that he lost his sponsorship from Bitmain alongside Joao Barbosa, another Bitcoin Core correspondent also known under the "Promag" nickname on GitHub.

"Thanks Bitmain for all the help (despite the disagreement we had)," Schnelli tweeted, asking the crypto customs to contribute to his further efforts on Bitcoin Core.

Bitmain did not answer to Cointelegraph'due south request for comment as of publishing fourth dimension.

Hex founder Richard Heart later on commented that other companies would exist willing to fund the Bitcoin Core projection equally Bitcoin hits new all-time highs.

Some Reddit users besides suggested that Bitmain could have institute ameliorate ways to spend their money than funding the Bitcoin Cadre projection. "I consider it a miracle that they were still being funded by them," one Redditor noted.

Bitcoin Core is a major open-source project maintaining and releasing Bitcoin client software. The project describes itself as a direct descendant of the original Bitcoin software customer released by Satoshi Nakamoto after he published the Bitcoin white paper back in 2008.