Quarterly Allocation Insights – Third Quarter 2023

Community & education AAvolution: Account Abstraction Village Event focused on account abstraction taking place in Paris, addressing matters like the evolution of account abstraction, pivotal drivers for widespread adoption, and the future of wallets utilizing account abstraction. Community & education BundleBear 0xKofi Platform and dashboard offering clear and verifiable data regarding ERC-4337 users, operators, and their activities. Community & education Campus Developer Workshops ETHAccra Workshops aimed at developers, conducted in universities throughout Ghana, encompassing foundations of blockchain and Ethereum, development of smart contracts, as well as web3 front-end and back-end programming. Community & education Devconnect İzmir Side Event Blockchain DEU Gathering in İzmir, Türkiye, aimed at enlightening participants about Ethereum and the significance of layer 2 (L2) solutions. Community & education Developer Onboarding Experience in Farsi Meetup Women in Blockchain Farsi Meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, aimed at connecting with Farsi-speaking groups and educating attendees about accessing and navigating the web3 ecosystem. Community & education Developer Workshops in Latin America Colledge Workshops for developers organized for students at two universities in Latin America, focusing on smart contract security, advanced Solidity programming, and L2. Community & education Devfolio Support for organizing a series of initiatives including hackathons, fellowships, grants, and others targeting developers, community builders, and students in India. Community & education EaTH Adana Çukurova Blockchain Event held in Adana, Türkiye aimed at introducing participants to the Ethereum ecosystem, the significance of Devconnect Istanbul, along with web3 adoption. Community & education ETHAccra Hackathon Hackathon taking place in Accra, Ghana centered on social impact, sustainability, decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized applications (dapps). Community & education ETH Belgrade Assistance for organizing monthly gatherings and workshops in Belgrade, Serbia to engage with the local Ethereum community. Email Community & education ETHChicago Hackathon Hackathon occurring in Chicago, United States, aimed at addressing practical use cases via decentralized technology. Community & education EthCon Korea A conference and hackathon taking place in Seoul, South Korea, intended to highlight local projects, empower community members, and bridge connections between South Korea and the broader Ethereum network. Community & education Ethereum Bolivia Hackathon Hackathon in La Paz, Bolivia encouraging innovators to tackle local challenges using blockchain technology while providing them with education.
“`on a variety of subjects including smart contract implementation, Ethereum framework, and dapp creation. Community & education Ethereum Hungary Meetups Monthly gatherings arranged in Budapest, Hungary centered around technical subjects like Ethereum core protocol advancements, zero knowledge machine learning (ZKML), and data availability sampling (DAS). Community & education Ethereum México Conference hosted in Mexico City, Mexico focusing on subjects such as zero knowledge (ZK), account abstraction, and public assets. Community & education Ethereum Slovenia Assistance in organizing monthly meetups, workshops, and a hackathon in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Community & education ethereum.org Translatathon Translation contest aimed at increasing awareness regarding the significance of localizing content, incentivizing translations in less prominent languages, onboarding new contributors, and giving back to their community of contributors. Community & education ETH Hangzhou Hackathon A hackathon centered on public assets, L2 applications, and ZK, organized in Hangzhou to foster the advancement of the Ethereum ecosystem in China. Community & education ETHMunich Hackathon Hackathon taking place in Munich, Germany aiming to unite seasoned blockchain developers with aspiring students to tackle real-world challenges utilizing blockchain technology. Community & education ETHSafari Conference, hackathon, and bootcamp organized in Kenya addressing subjects such as L2s, privacy, and account abstraction. Community & education Fellowship KERNEL Offer KERNEL Fellows chances to acquire knowledge and establish connections while having a support system to concentrate on Ethereum public goods. Community & education GEERS: Blockchain Edition Technical workshops that cover themes including Solidity, security, and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Community & education hanniabu Create community tools and resources that give an overview of the Ethereum network’s health. Community & education Inteli Blockchain Hackathon Student-organized hackathon in São Paulo, Brazil designed to onboard students to blockchain and Ethereum. Community & education Latincrypt Conference conducted in Sangolquí, Ecuador that unifies researchers and professionals to showcase their latest discoveries in cryptology and information security. Community & education notDEVCON ITU Blockchain Summit in Istanbul, Türkiye centered on the Ethereum ecosystem’s fundamental philosophy, discussing topics like public goods, decentralization, and resistance to censorship. Community & education Ready! Set! Devconnect! ODTÜ Blockchain Meetup conducted in Ankara, Türkiye offering participants an overview of Ethereum and its numerous use-cases. Community & education Secureum TrustX Community gathering focused on the Ethereum security landscape arranged in Istanbul, Türkiye. Community & education Solidity Curriculum & Speed Run Ethereum Workshops ETH Bogota Complimentary Solidity courses (in partnership with ETH Kipu) taking place weekly and Speed Run Ethereum workshops hosted bi-weekly. Community & education The Phoenix Guild A series of technical workshops across various cities in India, aimed at enhancing the knowledge of students and developers on Ethereum. Community & education TUM Blockchain Conference TUM Blockchain Club Student-led conference in Munich, Germany exploring subjects such as account abstraction, zkEVM, and regulatory matters. Community & education Revision of the Ethereum Yellow Paper Alex Kroeger (Teton Finance LLC) Revising the Ethereum Yellow Paper, a key ecosystem document, to incorporate information about the London, Arrow Glacier, Gray Glacier, and Paris upgrades. Community & education ZK Course in Mandarin Chinese Dapp-Learning An open-source ZK course available in Mandarin that covers the essentials of cryptography, ECDSA multi-signatures, and proof systems. Community & education ZK & Math Community Belgrade Providing support to conduct a cryptography course intended to improve Serbian students’ comprehension of ZKPs, their applications, and the functioning of proving schemes. Community & education ZKProof 5.5 ZK event taking place in Barcelona, Spain addressing subjects such as PLONK standardization, ZKML, and recursive proof composition. Community & education zkSummit 10 ZK-focused gathering in London, United Kingdom featuring discussions and workshops regarding ZK research, cryptographic foundations, privacy, mathematics, and ZK applications. Community & education zkWarsaw Day ZK-centric event in Warsaw, Poland addressing topics such as ZKML, zkRollups, and formal verification. Community & education 0xVillage Research presentations on cryptography and Ethereum at the Nesin Mathematics Village in Western Turkey immediately following Devconnect Istanbul. Consensus layer Fork Choice Specification Compliance Alex Vlasov & Mikhail Kalinin Guarantee adherence to specification of fork choice implementations by collaborating with client developers to establish a seed set of test vectors and test mutation operators. Consensus layer Lighthouse Sigma Prime Ongoing enhancement of the Lighthouse consensus client. Consensus layer P2P Research Lei Yang Execution of a novel rateless set reconciliation protocol library and performance evaluations on a dynamic BFT broadcasting protocol across diverse networks. Consensus layer Smoothing Pools Research Kody Sale & Noah Figueras Investigation into smoothing pools that allow individual stakers to aggregate their tips and MEV from block proposals, thus enhancing their rewards and facilitating more regular distributions. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Acceleration of Multi-Scalar Multiplications Dimitri Koshelev Study on speeding up multi-scalar multiplications, which can enhance the performance of elliptic curve cryptography and fortify both the security and efficiency of blockchain technologies. Email Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Anonymous Exchange Hung Cheng A secure and anonymous NFT trading platform developed utilizing the Semaphore protocol. Twitter Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Chiquito Steve Wang Chiquito is a step-based high-level Rust DSL (Pychiquito serves as a Python DSL for Chiquito) that offers improved syntax and abstraction for constraint construction and column positioning when writing plonkish circuits, featuring a Halo2 backend with additional backends in development. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs CryptKeeper Verifiable Credential Integration Incorporate support for verifiable credentials in CryptKeeper and develop a demonstration enabling users to obtain a credential, store it, and present it for validation. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs DID for Taiwan Citizen Digital Certificate yurenju Establish a smooth integration connecting the digital certificate of Taiwanese citizens with decentralized identity through the Semaphore protocol. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Discreetly Tanner Shaw An anonymous and restricted chat application utilizing various ZK protocols like Rate-Limiting Nullifier (RLN) to impose message limits per user and Semaphore for managing identity and group memberships. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Embassy Florent Tavernier & Youssef Protocol for proof of passport that mints a soulbound token for users upon confirmation of their passport ownership, which occurs on-chain within a ZK circuit. 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Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Front-End Development for PSE Initiatives Kalidou Diagne Front-end design for PSE initiatives, encompassing the PSE website, educational courses, and jubmoji.quest. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs mopro Oskar An initiative that simplifies client-side verification on mobile devices and permits developers to seamlessly write circuits that execute from a smartphone. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs MynaWallet a42x Creation of proof-of-concept privacy-enhancing functionalities utilizing ZKPs for MynaWallet, allowing users to manage ERC-4337-compliant contract accounts with a personal identification card provided by the Japanese government. Email Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Operational Assistance for PSE Devconnect Engagements Dominik Zastávka Operational assistance for ZuConnect, Progcrypto, and various other PSE Devconnect Istanbul engagements. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs PLUME on Ledger Application PLUME plugin application compatible with Ledger hardware wallet systems. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Pollen Labs & PSE Trials Mach34 Assistance for Pollen Labs and PSE from Mach34, comprising contributions to ideation, code assessments, development, and comprehensive engagement with cutting-edge cryptography trials. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Pollen Labs Expansion & Marketing Initiatives Thomas Pan Expansion and marketing strategies for Pollen Labs, a division of the PSE team dedicated to advocating for freedom of speech and expression through decentralized innovation. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Privacy & Scaling Exploration Summer Contribution Program A two-month initiative aimed at recruiting 20 enthusiasts of ZKP and cryptography, predominantly students, to actively engage in PSE projects. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Jubmojis Vivek Bhupatiraju An initiative to be launched at Devconnect Istanbul employing NFC chips to distribute ZK-friendly Baby JubJub signatures to participants, as a means of demonstrable private data, providing an educational encounter with the potential for personal authority over private information through ZKPs. Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs Proof of Exploit Soham Zemse A project designed to validate awareness of a vulnerability that could make a smart contract function unexpectedly.
“`without disclosing any specifics concerning the vulnerability. GitHub Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ProtoStar Folding Optimization A domain-specific language (DSL) that permits users to construct high-degree circuits and compile them into a recursion-optimized ProtoStar. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs PSE Small Grants Paul Yu PSE trial initiative to onboard exceptional talent into the ZK and cryptography sector. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs PSE Technical Paper Writer/Editor & Developer omurovec A technical paper writer/editor and developer to assist PSE in standardizing and promoting research more effectively, enhancing community involvement, and refining project tracking. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs UniRep Halo2 R&D Bhargav Annem Research associated with Halo2 for the UniRep Protocol, integration of Halo2 with Javascript in a web browser via nodejs, and circuit development for UniRep within Halo2. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs UniRep Protocol Core Enhancements & Iterations mango9264 Enhancements and iterations for the protocol, along with support for multiple projects within the UniRep Protocol group. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs UniRep Social Taiwan A fully anonymous social media platform that safeguards users’ identities from surveillance. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ZK Email Wallet Sora Suegami & Aayush Gupta A smart contract wallet utilizing email addresses that permits users to transfer crypto assets by simply sending emails without requiring any actions from the recipients. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ZK-MPC Yoii Inc. Utilizing ZKPs to enhance the SPDZ multi-party computation (MPC) framework, thereby allowing third-party validation of constraints on confidential input values and the accuracy of output values. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ZK Playground An initiative based in Taipei, Taiwan, which offers education on the principles and implementation of ZK through lectures, workshops, and office hours sessions. Participants are given the chance to present their projects and engage in a quadratic funding round. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ZK-Powered Data Marketplace A platform enabling users to engage, examine, and extract insights from scientific datasets via ZK functionalities, without obtaining information about the datasets themselves. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs ZKStats Jern Kunpittaya A library designed for scientific calculations and datasets while maintaining privacy by generating and verifying proofs for statistical inquiries directed at one data provider. Cryptography & zero-knowledge proofs 64-bit Hash Function Research and Implementation Know-Center & TU Graz Investigation and applications of rapid and circuit-efficient hash algorithms specifically designed for 64-bit domains. Developer experience & tools Buidl Guidl Community for learners and creators who build products and prototypes while offering education for Ethereum developers. Developer experience & tools EVM.js Library Luis Mastrangelo Symbolic interpreter and decompiler for EVM, complemented by various utilities for programmatic extraction of data from bytecode. Twitter Developer experience & tools lazy-etherscan Yoshi Usuzawa Ethereum blockchain explorer that is navigable via terminal, showcasing Ethereum blocks and transactions while offering search and analytic functionalities. Twitter Developer experience & tools Python ERC-4337 SDK Alexey Nebolsin SDK for Python that focuses on ERC-4337 along with a concise blog series explaining the development process. Developer experience & tools Remix Compiler Service ApeWorX An enhanced and open-source compilation service for the Remix IDE, which will incorporate support for languages like Fe and Huff. It will facilitate the integration of various tools, adhere to the EIP-2678 specification, and enhance developer experience. Developer experience & tools WhatsABI Andrey Petrov Continued enhancement of the WhatsABI static analysis and decompilation tool for Solidity bytecode. Developer experience & tools Web3.js ChainSafe A suite of libraries enabling users to connect with a local or remote Ethereum node through HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket. Execution layer Beyond Borders: Investigating MEV and Perils in Cross-Domain Arbitrage between Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges Colin Chan Empirical insights into MEV dynamics arising from cross-domain arbitrage between CEX and DEX on Ethereum, ideally quantifying the value loss from these informed traders. Email, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn Execution layer Erigon Execution Client Investment in Erigon’s ongoing efforts on the Ethereum mainnet, particularly their client specifics, applied research and development for performance enhancements, and wider collaboration with the client and research networks. Execution layer Fuzz Testing the EIP-4788 Bytecode Guido Vranken Evaluate the bytecode of EIP-4788, which is planned for the Dencun upgrade. Execution layer Fe Language Server Develop a language server implementation for Fe and merge it with the VSCode plugin. General growth & support DVStakers Eridian & Spacesider Educational endeavor focusing on all aspects of distributed validator technology (DVT) with an expanding global community of solo stakers, operating Ethereum nodes, and DVT validators. General growth & support Road to Devcon Grants Round Grants round designed to promote the development of local Ethereum communities, initiatives, and projects in Southeast Asia in anticipation of Devcon 7. General growth & support Run a Node Grants Round Grants round aiming to inspire a variety of concepts for node operation beyond merely running a validator. General growth & support Stereum RockLogic GmbH A toolkit that streamlines the process of setting up and managing an Ethereum node, emphasizing self-sovereignty, privacy, and adaptability. Indirect funding Ethereum Argentina Quadratic Funding Round Quadratic funding round dedicated to projects developed during Ethereum Argentina‘s buildathon. Indirect funding ZK Playground Quadratic Funding Round Quadratic funding round for projects created during ZK Playground. Indirect funding Devcon VI Supporter Program Protocol Guild Funds raised from the Devcon VI Supporter Program allocated to Protocol Guild. Other clr.fund Ongoing development of the clr.fund codebase, concentrating on enhancing the round deployment process to improve reliability and reduce entry barriers for users wanting to run a clr.fund round to set up the complete stack. Other Decentralization Research Center A non-profit entity that promotes unbiased decentralization research and serves as a central point for crucial stakeholders. Other Stealth Address Standardization & Umbra v2 ScopeLift Completion of ERC-5564 and ERC-6538 aimed at standardizing Stealth Address on the EVM and the development of a framework for Umbra v2 as a fully-equipped, premier implementation of the EIPs. Protocol growth & support Account Abstraction Grants Round Grants round designed to foster development, research, and education related to account abstraction and the necessary framework to support it. Protocol growth & support DendrETH Metacraft Labs Implementation of the Ethereum light client sync protocol through smart contracts, designed to facilitate the establishment of secure cross-chain blockchain bridges that do not depend on a trusted operator. Protocol growth & support Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF): Cohort 4 Stipends offered to cohort participants of the EPF, a program that aims to onboard developers to the methodology of protocol development. Protocol growth & support KZG Ceremony Grants Round Grants round established to assist the Ethereum KZG Ceremony.