@Edward Snowden @SimplifiedPrivacy.com @ hodlbod @Max @FreedomTech The Calyx Institute recently lost its heroic founder, Nicholas Merrill, and also for at least four months Calyx stopped accepting bitcoin or other digital media of exchange as membership dues. See

Cryptocurrency contributions for memberships are currently unavailable - Calyx Institute

We are working to resolve the issue and will keep you updated as soon as we can.

and

Statement on Calyx leadership change - Calyx Institute

Our public statment about the change of the organization's leadership.

I cannot find details about these events other than Calyx's posts. What is going on at Calyx? What is Nicholas Merrill doing now? Were these two posts related? Who would you ask?