The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has awarded a total of $500,000 in grants to 18 Bitcoin projects around the world for education and decentralization, Coincu reports. The projects that received funding include decentralized exchange Mostro, educational initiative Mi Primer Bitcoin, and accessibility project Arabic Hodl. HRF's grants support diverse initiatives, from Netblocks' internet monitoring to Bitcoin privacy guides. The grant follows HRF's donation of the same amount at the end of September. The projects funded range from Mostro, a decentralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange developed by Francisco Calderón in Venezuela, to Mi Primer Bitcoin, a nonprofit that provides open-source Bitcoin education in Central America. Other beneficiaries include Arabic Hodl, which aims to educate more than 400 million Arabic speakers around the world about Bitcoin, and Netblocks, which focuses on monitoring and reporting on global internet restrictions and shutdowns. Lorban's work on Stratum V2, a Bitcoin miner upgrade protocol, and John Carlson's contributions to projects to improve Bitcoin Core applications were also funded. Other beneficiaries include L0la L33tz's Bitcoin Privacy Guide, Groundswell, which supports Bitcoin education in the UK, Kulpreet Singh's work on Braidpool to improve censorship resistance, and SeedSigner, a DIY Bitcoin signing device. In addition, the funds will support the global developer-focused conference series bitcoin++ and the Bitcoin Atlantic Conference, held in Madeira, Portugal, from March 1 to 3. As a non-partisan nonprofit organization supporting global decentralization, education, and human rights, the Human Rights Foundation continues to play a key role in supporting related projects.