| Community & education |
BITS Pilani Ethereum Ecosystem Advancement Initiative |
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Assistance for Ethereum educational progress at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani in India via coursework, hands-on projects, and community involvement. |
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| Community & education |
Blockchain Fundamentals Course & Solidity Bootcamp |
Xerxis |
Ethereum instructional resources for the local Ethiopian developer community presented in Amharic. |
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| Community & education |
Developer Courses |
Ethereum Bogotá |
Organization and execution of advanced in-person Solidity development courses spanning a period of seven months. |
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| Community & education |
Community Building Meetups |
Espacio Cripto |
A sequence of six in-person gatherings aimed at community building for groups in Mexico City to investigate and learn about Ethereum topics. |
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| Community & education |
ETHBoston |
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A conference and hackathon situated in Boston, USA, focused on themes related to the Ethereum protocol layer, real-world assets, and privacy and security. |
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| Community & education |
ETH Bratislava Hackathon |
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A hackathon organized in Bratislava, Slovakia, investigating topics like scaling, liquid staking and restaking, along with privacy solutions. |
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| Community & education |
ETH Bucharest |
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A conference and hackathon held in Bucharest, Romania that explored subjects such as blockchain mass adoption, governance frameworks, and privacy solutions. |
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| Community & education |
ETH Cape Town |
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A hackathon conducted in Cape Town, South Africa that will feature developer workshops addressing subjects like layer 2s (L2s) and related tools. |
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| Community & education |
ETHDam |
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A conference and hackathon focused on privacy and security, taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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| Community & education |
Ethereum Development Workshops |
Jesse Raymond |
Ethereum development workshops at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria which consist of interactive online discussions and hands-on workshops centered around Solidity. |
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| Community & education |
Ethereum Education Explorations |
Ankit Gangwal |
Initiatives for Ethereum education at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad in India through scholarly research, community involvement, and educational initiatives. |
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| Community & education |
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Ethereum Tegucigalpa |
Facilitating the Ethereum community in Honduras through a series of community engagement initiatives including gatherings, bootcamps, hackathons, and educational partnerships with local universities. |
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| Community & education |
EthereumZuri.ch |
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A conference focused on academics and research in Zürich, Switzerland that explored themes related to“`html
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| Community & learning |
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ETH Kipu |
Facilitating ecosystem growth efforts throughout Latin America, encompassing a range of educational programs for both developers and newcomers, grassroots community initiatives, and organizational events. |
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| Community & learning |
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ETHKL |
Advancing the Ethereum community in Malaysia by means of various community-enhancing activities, including regular gatherings, a hacker house, and a conference and hackathon. |
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| Community & learning |
ETHMumbai |
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The inaugural Ethereum hackathon held in Mumbai, India, focusing on subjects like privacy, social tools, and DeFi. |
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| Community & learning |
ETHSamba Hack |
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A hackathon arranged in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featuring an introductory bootcamp for novices and workshops for more experienced developers. |
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| Community & learning |
ETHTaipei |
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A conference and hackathon taking place in Taipei, Taiwan, that investigated topics including DeFi, safety, and protocol layer themes such as clients, L2s, and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). |
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| Community & learning |
ETHTallinn |
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A hybrid hackathon focused on decentralized infrastructure, privacy, safety, and scalability, taking place in Tallinn, Estonia. |
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| Community & learning |
Financial Cryptography & Data Security |
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A scholarly conference centered on all elements of transaction and system security, encompassing both foundational theories and applied real-world implementations. |
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| Community & learning |
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Guild Audits |
Offering complimentary security developer training programs in Nigeria through talks, events, and hackathons. |
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| Community & learning |
House of Account Abstraction |
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Account abstraction gathering that investigated pioneering topics such as shared mempool, modular smart accounts, and resistance to censorship in London, UK. |
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| Community & learning |
International Workshop on Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) |
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A workshop aimed at sharing ideas between SMT solver creators and SMT users to inspire new research in SMT. |
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| Community & learning |
magma |
Borderless Africa |
A two-week residency organized in Kenya for African innovators featuring structured workshops, mentor office hours, peer-to-peer collaboration, and community engagement sessions. |
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| Community & learning |
muBuenos |
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| Community & education |
MuseMatrix DeSci Fellowship |
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DeSci Fellowship aimed at crafting open-source tools over a period of six months, featuring peer-to-peer learning gatherings. |
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| Community & education |
Petnica Science Center Bootcamp |
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A nine-day workshop on blockchain focusing on Ethereum and its foundational technologies, aimed at students in Serbia. |
Email |
| Community & education |
SEED Latam |
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Assisting local node operators by creating informative articles, conducting webinars, and offering direct assistance. |
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| Community & education |
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SpaghettETH |
Initiatives for ecosystem development across Italy and aiding in the establishment of new Ethereum communities in Southern Italy. |
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| Community & education |
Stack Too Deep |
Blockchain Society IIT Roorkee |
An Ethereum-centered hackathon targeting students of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, delving into themes such as zero knowledge (ZK), societal impact, and rollups. |
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| Community & education |
Revising the Ethereum Yellow Paper |
Pierre-Louis Despaigne |
Amending the Ethereum Yellow Paper to integrate the Shanghai and Cancun forks. |
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| Community & education |
Web3 Family Conference |
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Event held in Barcelona, Spain covering a variety of subjects such as cryptography, privacy, and scalability. |
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| Community & education |
zkDay Barcelona |
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Conference focused on ZK cryptography and its uses, organized in Barcelona, Spain. |
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| Community & education |
zkMarek |
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Videos clarifying complex cryptography and mathematical concepts in an accessible manner for software developers lacking a mathematical foundation. |
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| Community & education |
ZKProof 6 |
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A three-day workshop in Berlin, Germany centered on ZKPs and their standardization, applications, and programmability. |
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| Community & education |
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zkWarsaw |
Regular meetups featuring guest speakers discussing fundamental cryptography, multi-party computation (MPC), fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), alongside other complex mathematics and Ethereum subjects. |
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| Consensus layer |
Integrating Logic & Consensus through Semitopologies |
Murdoch Gabbay |
Employing semitopologies to develop new declarative techniques for outlining and analyzing consensus protocols and/or ‘rational byzantine behavior’. |
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| Consensus layer |
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Reliable Distributed Systems (DDS) – ConsenSys |
Investigation into critical areas for furthering the Ethereum
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consensus protocol that resides within the DDS team’s realm of specialization: distributed systems design, specification, assessment, and formal verification. |
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| Consensus layer |
DHT Surveillance |
ProbeLab |
Exploring the intricacies of Ethereum’s distributed hash table (DHT) network to validate and enhance the understanding of its performance, examining elements such as node churn, routing table status, and robustness against assaults. |
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| Consensus layer |
GossipSub Surveillance |
ProbeLab |
Conducting a thorough passive monitoring investigation of the GossipSub protocol and establishing the capacity to assess its performance by creating the appropriate tools and infrastructure for data gathering, storage, analysis, and visualization. |
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| Consensus layer |
Lantern.Discv5 |
Pier Two |
A lightweight client for the consensus layer built in C# utilizing the .NET framework, which retrieves data directly from beacon nodes via libp2p. |
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| Consensus layer |
Leaderless ePBS Consensus Mechanism Investigation |
Ella Shen |
Investigation of a leaderless ePBS consensus mechanism to resolve the drawbacks of the current proof-of-stake framework by rendering the process more just for validators, eradicating the potential for proposer bribes, and guaranteeing that all fees are burned while validators obtain attestation rewards. |
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| Consensus layer |
Lighthouse |
Sigma Prime |
Ongoing development of the Lighthouse consensus client. |
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| Consensus layer |
Lodestar |
ChainSafe |
Continued progression of the Lodestar consensus client. |
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| Consensus layer |
ROP-10: Economic Validation of Execution Tickets |
Pascal Stichler & Christian Haug |
Investigating the acquisition mechanism of execution tickets by evaluating the overall mechanism specifications, exploring individual characteristics, studying pricing, and simulating various configurations. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Acceleration Program Ecosystem Development & Coordination |
Paul Yu |
Ecosystem development and coordination for PSE‘s Acceleration Program, aiming to onboard promising talent into the ZK and cryptography sector. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
DevRel Coordinations & Communications Support |
Elo Mukoro |
Coordinating developer relations for ZK Email and providing assistance for the PSE Communications group. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
DJ Prediction Market |
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Incorporating a prediction market into a DJing platform so that the prediction marketplace determines the next track at every second bar. A conductor will assess the performance of each bar, which will then affect the payout of the prediction market. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Efficient Implementation of ProtoStar |
Ak36 |
Streamlined implementation of
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Embedded Engineer for the Semaphore Network Team |
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Embedded engineer collaborating with the Semaphore Network group to assess product-market alignment, identify optimal locations for launch, and prime for pilot trials. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
End-to-End Publicly Verifiable Secure 2PC |
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Crafting public verifiability for 2PC, allowing public entities to validate the accuracy of the protocol based on the public transcript of the 2PC. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
eSim Wallet |
dungexn, Manul Singh Parihar, & Tanmay Goel |
A mobile-centric hardware crypto wallet based on eSIM technology with remote provisioning capabilities. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
EthSIM Embedded Software Engineer |
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Embedded software developer for EthSIM, concentrating particularly on improving wireless connectivity. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
EthSIM Rollout in Africa |
Borderless Africa |
Assisting the EthSIM research team in identifying deployment prospects in Africa, gathering various feedback, and establishing regional connections for a V1 pilot. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
fhe-http |
Ben Tseng |
Establishing an http extension that allows web services to offer fhe services to users. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
FHE State-of-Knowledge |
Bhargav Annem |
Gathering a knowledge repository for existing FHE frameworks utilized in machine learning (ML) models, aiming to review current practices and pinpoint significant takeaways from these ML applications. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Folding by Hand |
Yugo |
A publication providing a detailed and approachable explanation of Nova’s folding scheme mechanism’s fundamentals and its benefits over traditional recursive proofs. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Front-End Development for PSE Projects |
Mark Roddy |
Front-end engineering to create mobile-native applications for various PSE initiatives such as EthSIM. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Gaussian |
Janmajaya Mall |
A toolkit and library available for developers to create private shared state applications. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Implementing Liam-Eagen-MSM Gadget in Halo2 |
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Seongsu Jeon |
Implementing a protocol on halo2 that demonstrates that a point on an elliptic curve is the multi-scalar multiplication (MSM) of several points. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Enhancing MSM Performance Using GPU |
Fu-Chuan Chung & Moven Tsai |
Boosting the speed of proof generation via GPU on mobile devices as part of mopro, a framework for zero-knowledge application development on mobile. |
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IZK Proofs |
PADO Labs |
Develop and enhance the interactive zero-knowledge (IZK) proof protocol QuickSilver using Rust. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
PLUME & ZK Email Developments |
Aayush Gupta |
Allocation of funds to expedite PLUME, a nullifier-friendly signature framework on ECDSA, and ZK Email, a protocol for generating Proof of Email by selectively disclosing information contained within the email. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Proof of Passport |
Florent Tavernier, Youssef, & Rémi Colin |
A protocol for proof of passport that mints users a soulbound token once verified that they possess a passport, executed on-chain within a zero-knowledge circuit. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Verifying Machine Learning Models with ZKPs |
Saeyoon Oh |
Investigating the core principles necessary for verifying the integrity of machine learning models utilizing ZKPs. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
PSE Core Program – Costa Rica |
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A two-month initiative aimed at recruiting 20 ZKP and cryptography enthusiasts from Costa Rica, especially students, to actively engage in ZK open-source projects. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
PSE Development Activities |
Mach34 |
Assistance for PSE‘s diverse development efforts, including contributions to concept creation, code evaluation and development, and comprehensive involvement in advanced cryptography experiments. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
PSE Technical Coordinator |
alizk |
Technical coordinator for the zkEVM Community Edition project and the PSE/Halo2 ecosystem. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Secure Signatures & Account Abstraction Enhancement Initiative |
Cometh |
Carrying out a detailed assessment and improvement of essential smart contracts to strengthen the security and functionality of Ethereum’s
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account abstraction and the ERC-4337 ecosystem. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
TLSNotary Development |
Tanner Shaw |
Creating a browser extension and web application for TLSNotary, which is a protocol aimed at generating cryptographic proofs of authenticity for any online data. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Tooling to Enable Micro Benchmarks for GPU/MSMs |
Fu-Chuan Chung & Moven Tsai |
Developing micro-benchmarking tools to execute MSMs or utilize GPUs on smartphones as a component of mopro, a toolkit for developing ZK applications on mobile devices. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
Towards Efficient Lattice-Based Folding Schemes |
Ngoc Khanh Nguyen |
Investigating the possibility of constructing an efficient lattice-based folding scheme capable of supporting an indefinite count of folding steps. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
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Wasan |
Research organization in cryptography situated in Japan, aimed at empowering the Japanese and broader Asian blockchain research communities. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
zk-auctions |
Andrew Naguib |
Framework for constructing practical and adaptable primitives for executing secure and private auctions utilizing ZKPs. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
ZK-Friendly ML Model Explorations |
Saeyoon Oh |
Investigating various ZK-compatible ML algorithms that can execute the Heart Failure Prediction Dataset. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
ZKML – AIGC NFT |
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Dapp that employs ZKML to train an autoencoder representing images in a latent format and then recreating them in a specific artistic style, allowing NFT collection holders to deploy a model trained on their distinct images and produce new artworks. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
ZKP2P |
Alex Soong, Brian Weickmann, Richard Liang, & Sachin Kumar |
Trustless, privacy-maintaining peer-to-peer (P2P) fiat on-ramp compatible with all major web2 payment gateways. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
ETHDenver BUIDLQuest |
Vivek Bhupatiraju |
ZK activation at ETHDenver where participants amassed ZK-compatible signatures utilizing NFC badges and cards. Participants could leverage their badges to privately share contact details and verify ownership of signatures to fulfill quests and acquire items at the BUIDL store. |
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| Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs |
ZK-Strapping |
Youngwan Kwon &
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Substituting a bootstrapping procedure in FHE with ZKPs. |
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| Data examination |
Improving Observability & Data Accessibility for Ethereum Blob Data |
Blocknative |
Establishing and sustaining an archive for EIP-4844 blobs intended to collect, retain, and ensure accessibility of blob data for the Ethereum ecosystem as a public benefit. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
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Buidl Guidl |
Community of educators and innovators developing products and prototypes, providing Ethereum developer education. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
EthPM v4 |
ApeWorX |
Inquiry investigating what an improved EthPM specification would entail to enhance the developer experience for EVM tooling teams. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
Fe Lang Crypto-Primitives Verification & Implementation |
Nethermind |
Validation of an Fe Lang BN254 curve library and execution of a BLS signature framework utilizing the validated BN254 curve. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
Fe Lang Memory Allocator |
Saif Katout |
Creating an allocator for Fe within the standard library, thereby facilitating the capability to substitute built-in memory types with standard library implementations, permitting developers to design their own types leveraging the allocator. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
Solide |
Peter Tran |
Lightweight, open-source Solidity integrated development environment (IDE) and resource center that community members can enhance. |
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| Developer insight & tools |
Web3.js |
ChainSafe |
Ongoing enhancement and upkeep of Web3.js, a platform extensibility for creating decentralized peer-to-peer applications in TypeScript/JavaScript to interact with Ethereum. |
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| Execution tier |
Erigon |
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Financial support for Erigon’s ongoing efforts on the Ethereum mainnet, particularly their execution client development and applied R&D on performance improvements. |
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| Execution tier |
ethRPCtoREST |
Amit Kumar Mishra |
Middleware software functioning as a REST wrapper for the JSON-RPC interface of Ethereum nodes. |
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Imapp |
Expansion of the EVM Gas Cost Estimator initiative, creating automation and tools that integrate additional OPCODEs and precompiles into unified reporting. |
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| Execution layer |
ROP-8: Geographic Distribution of Ethereum Validators |
Francesco Mosterts & Jonas Bostoen |
Analyzing the geographic spread of Ethereum’s nodes and validators via P2P network data. |
Email |
| Execution layer |
Verkle Tries Implementation Assistance |
OnlyDust |
Provision of support for OnlyDust community contributors to persist in developing a Verkle Tries implementation for Hyperledger Besu. |
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| Execution layer |
Verkle Tries In-Circuit |
Dragan Pilipovic |
Integrating Verkle Tries into the halo2 library to improve cryptographic primitives and data formats for better proof systems. |
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| General growth & support |
DVT Study |
Nethermind |
Evaluating the advantages and potential issues of utilizing distributed validator technology (DVT) on staking efficiency and seeking an optimal approach for operators to enhance their earnings. |
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| General growth & support |
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ETHStaker |
Assistance for ETHStaker’s initiatives in 2024, including hosting events, advocating execution diversity, and supporting solo stakers. |
Discord |
| General growth & support |
Grassroots Adoption of Crypto in Ukraine |
Valeriia “Ria” Panina |
Investigating the incentives and obstacles for the adoption of crypto and other dapps for regular users, as well as identifying new use cases and behaviors related to decentralized technologies among Ukrainians, as part of the Next Billion Fellowship Cohort #3. |
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| General growth & support |
Open-Source Transcriptions for Conferences |
Kaito |
Open-source transcriptions for presentations made at ETHDenver, EthCC, and Devcon 2024 to improve the accessibility of content from the Ethereum ecosystem. |
Twitter |
| General growth & support |
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The Red Guild |
A collective of security researchers, educators, and advocates dedicated to safeguarding web3 applications within the Ethereum ecosystem. |
Email |
| General growth & suppot |
Path to Devcon Grants Round |
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Grants round aimed at bolstering the development of local Ethereum communities, initiatives, and projects in Southeast Asia. |
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| General research |
Academic Grants Round |
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Grants round providing funds for formal research focusing on enhancing knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and associated fields. |
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| General research |
Hybrid Auction PBS |
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Investigation that examines and suggests a novel type of hybrid auction model that does not alter the protocol or the agreement, and that fulfills the requirements and anticipations of users. |
Twitter |
| General investigation |
Preconfirmations for Based Rollup Exploration |
LimeChain |
Proposed design for a preconfirmations subsystem that specifies any necessary modifications to current in- or out-of-protocol processes. |
Email |
| General investigation |
Transport Privacy Analysis of the Validator-Relayer Builder API |
HOPR |
Investigating transport-level privacy challenges within the Ethereum MEV ecosystem, particularly evaluating privacy breaches at the junction between validators and relays. |
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| Indirect funding |
Ethereum Colombia Quadratic Funding Round |
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Quadratic funding initiative organized by Ethereum Colombia to allocate funds to local initiatives focused on public goods. |
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| Layer 2 |
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L2BEAT |
Open-source L2 data, studies, and tooling center that supplies essential resources for the Ethereum L2 ecosystem. |
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| Other |
Account Abstraction Assistance |
Smoo.th |
Industrial application of cryptographic libraries, particularly LibMPC and LibEd25519, focused on enhancing them for improved efficiency and security within the Ethereum ecosystem. |
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| Other |
Integrating Verkle Tries into the Portal Network |
Milos Stankovic |
Establishing MVP support for the state within the Trin client and investigating methods for Verkle Tries support, enhancing state storage and retrieval to make the Portal Network more efficient. |
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| Other |
D4C |
Mohas |
Ongoing development of D4C, a Geth variant designed for fuzz testing the devp2p protocols of Ethereum. |
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| Protocol expansion & support |
Ethereum Node Crawler Functionalities & Upkeep |
Angus Dippenaar |
Assistance in the enhancement and upkeep of the Ethereum node crawler. |
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