Beldex opens $1M grants program to privacy developers worldwide
What's the deal? Beldex, a privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem, has launched a $1 million grants program to fund privacy-preserving applications, tools, and infrastructure built by external developers. It was announced at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 in Seoul and is open to teams internationally.
What's the endgame? The program marks a shift for Beldex, which until now has built its own privacy products, including BChatDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, BelNetDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, BNSDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and the Beldex BrowserDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. By opening that foundation to outside builders, it aims to grow a wider ecosystem of privacy applications, integrations, and developer tooling.
How does it work? Rather than fixed tranches, each proposal is assessed individually, with grant sizes set by project scope and complexity. The program runs continuously, letting developers submit proposals whenever their projects are ready.
Eligible work spans three areas: consumer and enterprise privacy applications covering payments, identity, communications, and networking; infrastructure, research, and tooling; and integration work such as wallet extensions and connectivity with external ecosystems. Proposals are judged on innovation, technical feasibility, ecosystem impact, security compliance, and milestone clarity, with funding released in stages against deliverables.
Why now? "Beldex has spent years building privacy infrastructure and products. The next phase is about opening that foundation to developers and growing an ecosystem beyond what Beldex builds itself," said Cris Blanco, chief strategy officer at Beldex.
The signal: "We don't expect the most important privacy applications of the future to all come from inside one organisation," Blanco added. The bet is that capital and technical support can pull outside builders into privacy infrastructure — a space still dominated by in-house teams.
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