Open app registry

bboxx

A Bitcoin-anchored registry and funding layer for open-source software.

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What it is

BBOXX is an open-source coordination layer for discovering, verifying, funding, and maintaining high-integrity software, with an initial focus on Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr, wallets, privacy tooling, infrastructure, and public-good research.

Its core idea is the Bitcoin App Registry, or BAR: publisher-controlled metadata for projects, maintainers, releases, funding links, milestones, and attestations, with canonical updates that can be anchored to Bitcoin L1.

Project notes

  • Universal index for apps, protocols, CLI tools, wallets, and infrastructure
  • Connects project metadata with funding milestones and developer proof-of-work
  • Uses BAR metadata, IPFS, GitHub data, Hiro APIs, and Stacks contracts
  • Public TypeScript repository by ZUYUX