<p>Square Crypto, the payment firm’s bitcoin development initiative, has awarded new grants. </p> <p>Announcing the news on Wednesday, Square Crypto <a href="https://medium.com/@squarecrypto/square-crypto-grants-for-everybody-93d614f5fd0e">said</a> bitcoin developers Jon Atack and Tankred Hase are receiving grants. It did not disclose the sum involved.</p> <p>Atack is a bitcoin core contributor and protocol researcher, according to his <a href="https://jonatack.github.io/">GitHub profile</a>, while Hase is a Germany-based software engineer, according to his <a href="https://tankredhase.com/about/">personal website</a>. </p> <p>Square Crypto <a href="https://twitter.com/sqcrypto/status/1235259491089887232">said</a> Atack has been doing bitcoin core development work for almost a year. As for Hase, it said he is a UX-focused bitcoin developer, whose plans include “simplifying self-custody of smaller amounts of bitcoin, creating a public key server that makes it possible to text sats.”</p> <p>Previously, Square Crypto has <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/50188/square-crypto-offers-grant-to-pseudonymous-bitcoin-developer">provided</a> grants to pseudonymous bitcoin Lightning Network developer “ZmnSCPxj” and a $100,000 grant to the BTCPay Foundation, the non-profit organization behind BTCPayer Server. </p> <p>Last month, Square Crypto also <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/53590/square-crypto-bitcoin-lightning-kit">unveiled</a> its first product - Lightning Development Kit - to help developers integrate the Lightning Network with their bitcoin wallet applications.</p> <p><strong><em>Correction: </em></strong><em>This report has been corrected in order to reflect that Square Crypto unveiled its Lightning Development Kit last month. It has yet to be officially launched.</em></p>