Blockchain Commons Calls For Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology Internship

Blockchain Commons, a non-profit social benefit organisation focused on technology has notified the public of its bitcoin and blockchain internship programme for 2022.

The technology hub founder, Christopher Allen, in a GitHub post stated that this year’s internship edition will wrap around bitcoin and blockchain technology, human-rights privacy and advocacy, and decentralized identity.

He explained that the programme will be held remotely during the summer months and the application deadline is April 22, 2022.

Investors King reports that the Blockchain Commons’ internship programme will run for three months and demands 40 hours of professional work. It will offer two mentoring calls to all interns and those who complete the three milestones set at the beginning of the programme will be given a token honorarium.

Stating the categories of persons needed, Allen said, “we are looking for interns with a wide range of expertise including not just software engineers and hardware developers, but also pre-law students, library science students, and technical writers.”

He further said that at least a third of the work during the programme will be centered on tools and resources for supporting activists around the world, adding that it is aimed at exposing them to the right technology for their daily advocacy efforts.

He noted that the initiative will secure people and empower them with the right knowledge beyond just making money. 

“This has been a long-held goal at Blockchain Commons, where we’re working to protect people, not just money. For the second year in a row, a grant from the Human Rights Foundation is putting this work front and center this summer,” he said.

The technology-based organisation seeks to create and advocate for open and safe digital infrastructure; training and mentoring interns efficiently to grow the organisation.

Investors King gathered that interns are to learn the ins and outs of open development; participate in weekly office hours’ conversations with each other. Also, experts from leading Bitcoin and advocacy companies like Blockstream, HRF, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation will facilitate discussions whereby the interns’ participation is required.

Another task for the interns includes collaborating with one another to devise powerful open-source projects at the intersection of their passion.

Allen, therefore, charged interns to work together while they are being taught on how to function in the open-source ecosystem.

“Past internship projects have included our Spotbit pricing server, our Mori-cli app for Bitcoin inheritance, and a pseudonymity guide,” he added.