Blog Post: Long-Term Support for Brad Stachurski

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+title: "Long-Term Support For Brad Stachurski"
+date: '2025-12-31'
+tags: ['OpenSats', 'grants', 'bitcoin', 'LTS']
+authors: ['default', 'arvin']
+images: ['/static/images/blog/96-brad-stachurski-receives-lts.jpg']
+draft: false
+summary: "OpenSats welcomes Brad Stachurski as an LTS grantee"
+---
+
+OpenSats is pleased to announce long-term support for [Brad Stachurski] in
+recognition of his ongoing work on Fedimint, a federated Chaumian ecash system
+for Bitcoin.
+
+Brad has helped coordinate core releases and operational improvements that make
+[Fedimint] safer to upgrade and easier to run. As a co-maintainer, he focuses on
+the security, reliability, and operability of production deployments. He shipped
+the [v0.8.0 release], which included “Fedimint In-A-Box” enhancements such as
+[Iroh]-based connectivity for federation operators and a [StartOS package] for
+mainnet federations. He has continued improving [the package] for clearer
+configuration options and more dependable backup and restore workflows.
+
+With long-term support, Brad plans to continue work across core maintainer
+responsibilities, including:
+
+- Coordinate security fixes and safe rollouts across deployments.
+- Run releases: testing, compatibility checks, and upgrade support.
+- Review codebase changes, including consensus mechanisms and client APIs.
+- Improve deployment tooling, including packaging and self-hosted setups.
+- Maintain [ecash-app] and use it as a test client in the release workflow.
+
+OpenSats' [mission] is to provide sustainable funding for the builders and maintainers
+of critical open-source infrastructure within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
+
+The [Long-Term Support program] is made possible by the generosity of our
+donors. To continue supporting contributors like Brad and our [other LTS
+grantees], consider making a recurring donation to the [General Fund].
+
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+  <DonateRecurringButton />
+</center>
+
+[Brad Stachurski]: https://github.com/bradleystachurski
+[Fedimint]: https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint
+[v0.8.0 release]: https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint/releases/tag/v0.8.0
+[Iroh]: https://www.iroh.computer/docs/overview
+[StartOS package]: https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint/tree/master/fedimint-startos#readme
+[the package]: https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint/pull/7612
+[ecash-app]: https://github.com/fedimint/ecash-app/
+[mission]: /mission
+[Long-Term Support program]: /blog/announcing-lts-grant-program-to-support-bitcoin-core-contributors
+[other LTS grantees]: /tags/lts
+[General Fund]: /funds/general