Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023

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Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this entire text is human-written.

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Human

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Human

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I was looking at neovim's donation footer at the bottom of their site and saw a bitcoin donation address.Thought I'd check how much in donations they've gotten. And I saw this massive 10 Bitcoin donation from back in 2023 (worth $800,000 now...)From the activity history, neovim last sent bitcoin out of the address in 2019 so it's been max 7 years since they've definitely had access.Does anyone from the neovim project know about this? Seems like a pretty significant amount of funding to have sitting there. Hope it can come to good use as I use neovim daily.https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1Evu6wPrzjsjrNPdCYbHy3HT6ry2EzXFyQ