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 ### XMPP
 
+XMPP was developed by the open source Jabber community without funding. . XMPP remains non-profit. The IETF created a XMPP working group in 2001 and eventually published [RFC 3920](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3920/) and [RFC 3921](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3921/). In 2007, Jabber Software Foundation renames to [XSF](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation.html) (XMPP Standards Foundation) with the focus of developing open protocol extensions to the IETF’s base XMPP specifications. It has several sponsors, a Board of Directors which oversees the business affairs of the organisation and a council that approves XMPP Extension Protocols. The council is elected by members of the XSF. These members define and implement XMPP extensions for new features. XSF jointly works with IETF to create more RFCs and extend the protocol.
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+The organizations sponsoring XSF are [ProcessOne](https://xmpp.org/sponsors/processone), [Tigase](https://xmpp.org/sponsors/tigase) and [USSHC](https://xmpp.org/sponsors/us-secure-hosting-center).
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 ### IPFS
 
 IPFS was built by the company [Protocol Labs](https://protocol.ai/), and continues to be stewarded by it in conjunction with an open source community.
 
 ### Ssb
 
+The SSB community has created an [Open Collective Consortium](https://opencollective.com/secure-scuttlebutt-consortium) that manages donations. It creates an annual budget and allocates funds for bounties, or to a project approved by a monthly rotating ‘adjudicator’ etc. [Sunrise-Choir](https://github.com/sunrise-choir) is a non-profit company (runs on donations) with an aim of making SSB developer-friendly. The team members also are the core-contributors to SSB.
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 ## Blockchain governance
 
 Most blockchain protocols, like other open source projects, operate through rough consensus, guided by companies and foundations that direct resources towards development. Bitcoin has a [lead maintainer](https://blog.lopp.net/who-controls-bitcoin-core-/), who has oversight over all aspects of the project and coordinates releases. The role has been voluntarily passed along through the years. Companies such as [Chaincode Labs](https://chaincode.com/) and [Square Crypto](https://medium.com/@squarecrypto/what-were-building-lightning-development-kit-1ed58b0cab06) contribute to funding protocol development.