Allocation update: Q1 and Q2 2022

Community and education Blockchain Meeting Pachuca Blockchain Pachuca First meeting for a community group based in Pachuca, Mexico, studying Ethereum dApps. Community and education Quadratic city3 financing experiments city3 Implementation of quadratic financing experiments in Oakland, California. Community and education Cryptist One-day conference exploring ZK technology and the Ethereum ecosystem, held in Istanbul, Turkey. Community and education DAO drops dOrg Supported the execution of the first round of DAO Drops, a retroactive public goods financing experiment that leverages on-chain data to enable participants to make fund allocation decisions. Community and education dApp learning Project-based learning repository that allows developers with basic skills to learn dApp development using actively used OS contracts, taught in English and Mandarin Chinese. Community and education ETHBarcelona Community conference in Barcelona, ​​Spain focused on education, innovation, art and creating positive social impact. Community and education ETHEcuador Meetup: Blockchain and the future of Ethereum To work Meetup in Quito, Ecuador covering an introduction to blockchain and the future of Ethereum. Community and education LatAm Road to Devcon Community Support Ana Belen Monthly in-person meetups, weekly virtual discussions in Spanish to educate attendees about Ethereum, and support for community activations during Devcon VI. Community and education Ethereum Tegucigalpa Supported Ethereum community development in Honduras, including meetups, developer events, and Spanish-language Ethereum content. Community and education ETHMeetupsWarsaw ETHWarsaw Monthly in-person meetups leading up to the ETHWarsaw hackathon in September 2022. Participants can learn from Web3 engineers, exchange ideas, and network with like-minded blockchain enthusiasts. Community and education Governance Learning Forum 2022 Other Internet & Orca Two-day virtual governance summit bringing together Web3 governance practitioners and experts in governance and coordination beyond the crypto ecosystem. Community and education Disconnect HIS DAO Ethereum-based discussions for women and other newcomers entering the Web3. Community and education Meetings and events HER DAO LATAM HIS DAO Monthly in-person meetings held across Mexico and weekly virtual discussions for women. Topics such as web3 basics, L2 usage and smart contracts will be covered. Community and education Open Source Turkish Smart Contract Development Course ITU Blockchain Free open source smart contract development course in Turkish, teaching topics such as Solidity basics, frontend and dApp development, and security. Community and education Quadratic funding at ETHBarcelona ETHBarcelona Quadratic funding at ETHBarcelona to support local community projects and finance public goods. Community and education Quadratic funding at ETHPrague ETHPrague Quadratic funding at ETHPrague to support local community projects and finance public goods. Community and education Quadratic financing rounds in Taiwan Taiwan Blockchain Ecosystem Innovation Association Organize quadratic funding cycles for the Taiwan Presidential Hackathon And MeetTaipei’s WAGMI location. Community and education Spanish Ethereum Developer Program Platzi Academy Three-month Spanish-language program to teach developers how to build their first dApps through online courses, live classes, group mentoring, and community events. Community and education DAOist meetings The DAOist Local meetups in native languages ​​to discuss and learn about topics such as governance, coordination and DAOs. Community and education UETH Chinese Community and Educational Program Units Ethereum educational platform aimed at the Chinese community, with a focus on community building, course development, connecting Ethereum to Chinese businesses, and promoting recognition of Ethereum by the Chinese government. Consensus layer Account Abstraction (EIP-4337) Alexandre Forchtat, Shahaf NacsonAnd Dror Tirosh Independent team working on EIP-4337: Account abstraction via entry point contract specificationwhich avoids the need to modify the consensus layer protocol. Consensus layer Beacon Chain Network Stress Testing Manufacturing of cryptocurrencies Stress and scenario testing of the Beacon Chain network on globally distributed cloud instances. Initial development will assess viability, refine testing tools, and formulate methodology for subsequent, larger testing. Consensus layer Lighthouse Sigma Premier Continued development of the Lighthouse consensus client. Consensus layer Lodestar Consensus Customer Chain safe Continued development of the Lodestar consensus client, with a focus on thin client R&D and JavaScript ecosystem tools. Consensus layer Prysm Consensus Customer Prysmatic Laboratories Continued development of the Prysm consensus client. Consensus layer Stereo Rock logic Further development of Stereum, which allows solo players to install a beacon chain client and dependencies in a single configuration with support for all production clients on testnet and mainnet. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs BattleZips Implementation of a ZK arithmetic circuit for a chain battleship game. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs Building a second brain ZKP Formula Zero Support for publishing a series of ZK proof articles in the Zettelkasten method. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs Research on differential privacy and ZK proofs Gonzalo Munilla Garrido Research in the area of ​​privacy-enhancing technologies that aims to bridge the gap between their theoretical specifications and the implementation of data sharing and analytics applications on Ethereum. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs Gitcoin GR13 ZK Tech Round Side Gitcoin Support for Gitcoin’s GR13 ZK Tech parallel round, focused on funding ZK applications, tools, open source contributions, and projects improving the usability of ZK technology. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs Study Group on Evidence, Arguments and Zero Knowledge ZKHack The ZKHack education group will implement a suite of ZK cryptographic protocols in Rust and Python. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs TLS notary Browser add-on that allows users to prove that HTTPS requests and responses come from a given certificate subject via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) cryptography. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs ZK Circuit performance and security data on Ethereum Brian Wilkes Collecting data on the performance and security features of ZK circuits being verified on Ethereum, with the aim of displaying relevant circuit information in on-chain mining tools such as Otter scanner. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs ZK-Goalkeeper Browser plugin that allows ZK identity management and proof generation. Improve its functionality by creating a version of Firefox, improving the UI/UX and preparing it for production. Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs ZK proofs for classification and accuracy of neural networks Project to design and implement ZK proofs for neural network classification, which would allow the owner of a neural network to reveal classifications or detections produced by a model from its private information without having to disclose this private information. Developer experience and tools BuidlGuidl Support for BuidlGuidl, a developer community and series of educational initiatives focused on onboarding developers on Ethereum. Developer experience and tools Florida State University Foundation R&D on coverage and automated generation of test cases for Solidity smart contracts. Developer experience and tools Merge Client Combination Testing Sea monkey Extensive testing of all execution and consensus layer client pairs leading to The Merge. Developer experience and tools Node Launcher Decentralized authority Open source node deployment engine written in TypeScript that enables easy creation of node deployment applications, with the aim of supporting all major runtime and consensus layer clients. Developer experience and tools Python simulation engine and test suite Developed a Python contract testing tool with a full suite of features to serve as a primary or companion testing library Helmet/Foundry with optimized backtests and parallelized chain simulations. Developer experience and tools SolidiKeY – Verifying Solidity Asset Flows at Scale Chalmers University of Technology Solidity checking tool based on Key Project Verification System for Java with emphasis on usability, scalability and functional correctness properties specifying the relationship between asset flow and contract data. Developer experience and tools Maintaining the Web3JS library Chain safe Collection of libraries allowing users to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using HTTP, IPC or WebSocket. Execution layer Ethereum Runtime Specifications Guruprasad Kamath Develop a Python implementation of Ethereum, which will serve as an executable specification for the execution layer. The specification is a Python implementation of Ethereum that prioritizes readability and simplicity. General search Academic Grant Cycle Proactive grants fund formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology and related fields. General search Grants (grants.xyz) Ethereum Community Network Research exploring different public goods financing mechanisms for the broader Ethereum open source community in China. Layer 2 Support for ETH.LIMO infrastructure ETH.LIMO Infrastructure improvements for ETH.LIMO, a decentralized gateway to solve ENS records and associates IPFS content.