Support Bitcoin
Bitcoin was born from a small community and has grown fast. There are a lot of things you can do to support it and help others learn more.
Using Bitcoin
Using Bitcoin is the first thing you can do to support Bitcoin. You can use Bitcoin to send and receive payments anywhere in the world, without intermediaries. You can accept payments and make purchases with Bitcoin.
Be the network
If you have a good Internet connection, you can strengthen the Bitcoin network by keeping full node software running on your computer or server with port 8333 open. Full nodes secure and relay all transactions.
Mining
Bitcoin mining today is a specialized industry that uses purpose-built hardware. Running a small miner can still be a way to learn how proof-of-work secures the network and to take part in the mining ecosystem. If you mine, you can help protect the network by preferring smaller mining pools and pools that support decentralized block construction through the Stratum V2 protocol.
Translate
You can help spread Bitcoin awareness by translating or improving translations inside important parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Just pick a project you would like to help with.
Bitcoin Core - Bitcoin.org - Bitcoin Wiki - Bitcoin Wallet (Android) - Electrum
Development
Bitcoin is free software. If you are a developer, you can use your superpowers to do good and improve Bitcoin. You can contribute to Bitcoin Core, self-custody tools, payment infrastructure such as the Lightning Network, libraries, and documentation, or build new services that use Bitcoin.
Donation
You can directly fund open-source projects, educational and community initiatives, research, and non-profit organizations that contribute to Bitcoin's development and adoption.
Organizations
Many non-profit organizations are dedicated to protecting and promoting Bitcoin. You can help these groups by joining them and taking part in their projects, discussions and events.
Spread
Speak about Bitcoin to interested people. Write about it on your blog. Tell your favorite shops you would like to pay with Bitcoin. Help to keep merchant directories up to date. Or be creative and make yourself a nice Bitcoin T-shirt.
Documentation
Bitcoin.org and the Bitcoin wiki provide useful documentation and we are constantly improving the information they contain. You can help to improve these resources and keep them up to date.
Meet the communities
You can join Bitcoin communities and talk with other Bitcoin enthusiasts. You can learn more about Bitcoin every day, give help to new users and get involved in interesting projects.
