Monero Core consists of several applications, including bitmonerod (the daemon that maintains the connection to the network) and simplewallet (a Monero account manager application), as well as several other helper applications.
If you are using Monero Core for the first time you may want to download a blockchain bootstrap to get you started. A link to download the blockchain bootstrap is included in the listings below.
Ongoing development of the Monero Project is solely supported by donations and sponsors. At this time the project is vastly underfunded, and thus donations are greatly appreciated.
### Donating and Sponsoring
If you would like to make a donation you can do so by using any of the methods below:
- Donating in Monero: you can send XMR donations to [donate.getmonero.org](monero:46BeWrHpwXmHDpDEUmZBWZfoQpdc6HaERCNmx1pEYL2rAcuwufPN9rXHHtyUA4QVy66qeFQkn6sfK8aHYjA3jk3o1Bv16em?recipient_name=Monero%20Development&tx_description=Donation%20to%20Monero%20Core%20Team), or directly to our Monero donation address -
- Donating in Bitcoin: you can also send BTC donations to [donate.getmonero.org](bitcoin:1FhnVJi2V1k4MqXm2nHoEbY5LV7FPai7bb?label=Monero%20Development&message=Donation%20to%20Monero%20Core%20Team), or directly to our Bitcoin address: [1FhnVJi2V1k4MqXm2nHoEbY5LV7FPai7bb](bitcoin:1FhnVJi2V1k4MqXm2nHoEbY5LV7FPai7bb?label=Monero%20Development&message=Donation%20to%20Monero%20Core%20Team)
- To donate via credit card, wire transfer, or PayPal, please email the core team at [{{ site.email }}](mailto:{{ site.email }})
Sponsorships are also greatly appreciated, including those companies that give us free or reduced-cost access to development hardware, hosting and other services, and software licenses. If you would like to sponsor Monero development in some form, please email the core team at [{{ site.email }}](mailto:{{ site.email }})
### Current Sponsors
Current sponsors include several mining pools that contribute a portion of their fees to development. You can find a list of these pools in [the first post on the Monero thread on Bitcointalk](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.0). Over and above that, our sponsors include: