A breakdown of who funded key Bitcoin Core devs involved in the datacarriersize redefinition (PR #27832) and rejection of the anti-spam fix (PR #28408), which allowed inscription spam to persist.
Supported Redefinition (PR #27832):
• Marco Falke (maflcko): Authored PR. Funded by Okcoin, Paradigm, BitMEX, Spiral, MIT DCI, OpenSats. Past Chaincode Labs grants. Independent, tied to exchanges/VCs.
• Anthony Towns (ajtowns): ACKed change. Funded by Paradigm, Coinbase, ex-Xapo. Works for Paradigm (crypto VC).
• Greg Sanders (instagibbs): ACKed change. Funded by Spiral; ex-Blockstream (2016). Employed by Spiral (Block Inc.).
• Michael Ford (fanquake): Merged PR. Funded by Gemini, Independent Reserve, Brink, Hardcore Fund. Independent, tied to exchanges/non-profits.
Rejected Anti-Spam Fix (PR #28408):
• Sjors Provoost (Sjors): Concept NACK. Funded by BitMEX, OpenSats, ex-Chaincode, DG Lab, Blockchain.info. Independent.
• Peter Todd (petertodd): Concept NACK; worried about mempools. Funded by Hardcore Fund, ex-BTCC, Bitfinex, Chaincode. Works with Coinkite.
• Antoine Poinsot (darosior): Concept NACK. Funded by Chaincode Labs. Engineer at Chaincode; co-founder of Wizardsardine (Bitcoin security).
• michaelfolkson: Concept NACK. Self-funded; runs RiskBazaar (decentralized platform). Ex-PwC (non-crypto).
• Pieter Wuille (sipa): Concept NACK; flagged feerate issues. Funded by Chaincode Labs; ex-Blockstream co-founder. Engineer at Chaincode.
• Gloria Zhao (glozow): Concept NACK; cited node harm. Funded by Brink (via HRF, Spiral, Okcoin). Engineer at Brink.
• Mark Erhardt (murchandamus): Concept NACK; said market handles spam. Funded by Chaincode Labs. Runs Localhost Research.
• Anthony Towns (ajtowns): Approach NACK; wanted opt-in. (See above for funding/ties.)
Closed Fix PR:
• Andrew Chow (achow101): Closed PR #28408; cited controversy. Funded by Blockstream. Engineer at Blockstream.