{"id":5575,"date":"2024-12-01T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2024-12-01T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:27:09","slug":"quarterly-allocation-insights-third-quarter-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/01\/quarterly-allocation-insights-third-quarter-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarterly Allocation Insights – Third Quarter 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nAAvolution: Account Abstraction Village<\/a><\/td>\n\nEvent 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nBundleBear<\/a><\/td>\n0xKofi<\/a><\/td>\nPlatform and dashboard offering clear and verifiable data regarding ERC-4337 users, operators, and their activities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nCampus Developer Workshops<\/td>\nETHAccra<\/a><\/td>\nWorkshops 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nDevconnect \u0130zmir Side Event<\/a><\/td>\nBlockchain DEU<\/a><\/td>\nGathering in \u0130zmir, T\u00fcrkiye, aimed at enlightening participants about Ethereum and the significance of layer 2 (L2) solutions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nDeveloper Onboarding Experience in Farsi Meetup<\/a><\/td>\nWomen in Blockchain Farsi<\/a><\/td>\nMeeting in Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye, aimed at connecting with Farsi-speaking groups and educating attendees about accessing and navigating the web3 ecosystem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nDeveloper Workshops in Latin America<\/td>\nColledge<\/a><\/td>\nWorkshops for developers organized for students at two universities in Latin America, focusing on smart contract security, advanced Solidity programming, and L2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nDevfolio<\/a><\/td>\nSupport for organizing a series of initiatives including hackathons, fellowships, grants, and others targeting developers, community builders, and students in India.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEaTH Adana<\/a><\/td>\n\u00c7ukurova Blockchain<\/a><\/td>\nEvent held in Adana, T\u00fcrkiye aimed at introducing participants to the Ethereum ecosystem, the significance of Devconnect Istanbul, along with web3 adoption.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHAccra Hackathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nHackathon taking place in Accra, Ghana centered on social impact, sustainability, decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized applications (dapps).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nETH Belgrade<\/a><\/td>\nAssistance for organizing monthly gatherings and workshops in Belgrade, Serbia to engage with the local Ethereum community.<\/td>\nEmail<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHChicago Hackathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nHackathon occurring in Chicago, United States, aimed at addressing practical use cases via decentralized technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEthCon Korea<\/a><\/td>\n\nA 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEthereum Bolivia Hackathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nHackathon in La Paz, Bolivia encouraging innovators to tackle local challenges using blockchain technology while providing them with education.
\n“`on a variety of subjects including smart contract implementation, Ethereum framework, and dapp creation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEthereum Hungary Meetups<\/a><\/td>\n\nMonthly gatherings arranged in Budapest, Hungary centered around technical subjects like Ethereum core protocol advancements, zero knowledge machine learning (ZKML), and data availability sampling (DAS).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEthereum M\u00e9xico<\/a><\/td>\n\nConference hosted in Mexico City, Mexico focusing on subjects such as zero knowledge (ZK), account abstraction, and public assets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nEthereum Slovenia<\/a><\/td>\nAssistance in organizing monthly meetups, workshops, and a hackathon in Ljubljana, Slovenia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nethereum.org Translatathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nTranslation 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETH Hangzhou Hackathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nA hackathon centered on public assets, L2 applications, and ZK, organized in Hangzhou to foster the advancement of the Ethereum ecosystem in China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHMunich Hackathon<\/a><\/td>\n\nHackathon taking place in Munich, Germany aiming to unite seasoned blockchain developers with aspiring students to tackle real-world challenges utilizing blockchain technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHSafari<\/a><\/td>\n\nConference, hackathon, and bootcamp organized in Kenya addressing subjects such as L2s, privacy, and account abstraction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nFellowship<\/td>\nKERNEL<\/a><\/td>\nOffer KERNEL Fellows chances to acquire knowledge and establish connections while having a support system to concentrate on Ethereum public goods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nGEERS: Blockchain Edition<\/a><\/td>\n\nTechnical workshops that cover themes including Solidity, security, and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nhanniabu<\/a><\/td>\nCreate community tools and resources that give an overview of the Ethereum network’s health.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nInteli Blockchain<\/a> Hackathon<\/td>\n\nStudent-organized hackathon in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil designed to onboard students to blockchain and Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nLatincrypt<\/a><\/td>\n\nConference conducted in Sangolqu\u00ed, Ecuador that unifies researchers and professionals to showcase their latest discoveries in cryptology and information security.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nnotDEVCON<\/a><\/td>\nITU Blockchain<\/a><\/td>\nSummit in Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye centered on the Ethereum ecosystem’s fundamental philosophy, discussing topics like public goods, decentralization, and resistance to censorship.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nReady! Set! Devconnect!<\/a><\/td>\nODT\u00dc Blockchain<\/a><\/td>\nMeetup conducted in Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye offering participants an overview of Ethereum and its numerous use-cases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nSecureum TrustX<\/a><\/td>\n\nCommunity gathering focused on the Ethereum security landscape arranged in Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nSolidity Curriculum & Speed Run Ethereum Workshops<\/td>\nETH Bogota<\/a><\/td>\nComplimentary Solidity courses (in partnership with ETH Kipu<\/a>) taking place weekly and Speed Run Ethereum<\/a> workshops hosted bi-weekly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nThe Phoenix Guild<\/a><\/td>\nA series of technical workshops across various cities in India, aimed at enhancing the knowledge of students and developers on Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nTUM Blockchain Conference<\/a><\/td>\nTUM Blockchain Club<\/a><\/td>\nStudent-led conference in Munich, Germany exploring subjects such as account abstraction, zkEVM, and regulatory matters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nRevision of the Ethereum Yellow Paper<\/td>\nAlex Kroeger<\/a> (Teton Finance LLC)<\/td>\nRevising the Ethereum Yellow Paper<\/a>, a key ecosystem document, to incorporate information about the London, Arrow Glacier, Gray Glacier, and Paris upgrades.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nZK Course in Mandarin Chinese<\/td>\nDapp-Learning<\/a><\/td>\nAn open-source ZK course available in Mandarin that covers the essentials of cryptography, ECDSA multi-signatures, and proof systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n\nZK & Math Community Belgrade<\/td>\nProviding support to conduct a cryptography course intended to improve Serbian students’ comprehension of ZKPs, their applications, and the functioning of proving schemes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nZKProof 5.5<\/a><\/td>\n\nZK event taking place in Barcelona, Spain addressing subjects such as PLONK standardization, ZKML, and recursive proof composition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nzkSummit 10<\/a><\/td>\n\nZK-focused gathering in London, United Kingdom featuring discussions and workshops regarding ZK research, cryptographic foundations, privacy, mathematics, and ZK applications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nzkWarsaw Day<\/a><\/td>\n\nZK-centric event in Warsaw, Poland addressing topics such as ZKML, zkRollups, and formal verification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\n0xVillage<\/a><\/td>\n\nResearch presentations on cryptography and Ethereum at the Nesin Mathematics Village<\/a> in Western Turkey immediately following Devconnect Istanbul.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nFork Choice Specification Compliance<\/td>\nAlex Vlasov<\/a> & Mikhail Kalinin<\/a><\/td>\nGuarantee adherence to specification of fork choice implementations by collaborating with client developers to establish a seed set of test vectors and test mutation operators.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nLighthouse<\/a><\/td>\nSigma Prime<\/a><\/td>\nOngoing enhancement of the Lighthouse consensus client.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nP2P Research<\/td>\nLei Yang<\/a><\/td>\nExecution of a novel rateless set reconciliation protocol library and performance evaluations on a dynamic BFT broadcasting protocol across diverse networks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nSmoothing Pools Research<\/td>\nKody Sale<\/a> & Noah Figueras<\/a><\/td>\nInvestigation 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nAcceleration of Multi-Scalar Multiplications<\/a><\/td>\nDimitri Koshelev<\/a><\/td>\nStudy 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.<\/td>\nEmail<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nAnonymous Exchange<\/a><\/td>\nHung Cheng<\/a><\/td>\nA secure and anonymous NFT trading platform developed utilizing the Semaphore<\/a> protocol.<\/td>\nTwitter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nChiquito<\/a><\/td>\nSteve Wang<\/a><\/td>\nChiquito 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nCryptKeeper Verifiable Credential Integration<\/td>\n\nIncorporate support for verifiable credentials in CryptKeeper<\/a> and develop a demonstration enabling users to obtain a credential, store it, and present it for validation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nDID for Taiwan Citizen Digital Certificate<\/td>\nyurenju<\/a><\/td>\nEstablish a smooth integration connecting the digital certificate of Taiwanese citizens with decentralized identity through the Semaphore<\/a> protocol.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nDiscreetly<\/a><\/td>\nTanner Shaw<\/a><\/td>\nAn anonymous and restricted chat application utilizing various ZK protocols like Rate-Limiting Nullifier<\/a> (RLN) to impose message limits per user and Semaphore<\/a> for managing identity and group memberships.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nEmbassy<\/a><\/td>\nFlorent Tavernier<\/a> & Youssef<\/a><\/td>\nProtocol 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.<\/td>\nTelegram“`html
\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nFront-End Development for PSE Initiatives<\/td>\nKalidou Diagne<\/a><\/td>\nFront-end design for PSE initiatives, encompassing the PSE website<\/a>, educational courses, and jubmoji.quest<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nmopro<\/a><\/td>\nOskar<\/a><\/td>\nAn initiative that simplifies client-side verification on mobile devices and permits developers to seamlessly write circuits that execute from a smartphone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nMynaWallet<\/a><\/td>\na42x<\/a><\/td>\nCreation 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.<\/td>\nEmail<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nOperational Assistance for PSE<\/a> Devconnect Engagements<\/td>\nDominik Zast\u00e1vka<\/a><\/td>\nOperational assistance for ZuConnect<\/a>, Progcrypto<\/a>, and various other PSE Devconnect Istanbul engagements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPLUME on Ledger Application<\/a><\/td>\n\nPLUME plugin application compatible with Ledger hardware wallet systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPollen Labs & PSE Trials<\/td>\nMach34<\/a><\/td>\nAssistance for Pollen Labs<\/a> and PSE<\/a> from Mach34, comprising contributions to ideation, code assessments, development, and comprehensive engagement with cutting-edge cryptography trials.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPollen Labs Expansion & Marketing Initiatives<\/td>\nThomas Pan<\/a><\/td>\nExpansion and marketing strategies for Pollen Labs<\/a>, a division of the PSE team<\/a> dedicated to advocating for freedom of speech and expression through decentralized innovation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPrivacy & Scaling Exploration Summer Contribution Program<\/a><\/td>\n\nA two-month initiative aimed at recruiting 20 enthusiasts of ZKP and cryptography, predominantly students, to actively engage in PSE<\/a> projects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nJubmojis<\/a><\/td>\nVivek Bhupatiraju<\/a><\/td>\nAn 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nProof of Exploit<\/a><\/td>\nSoham Zemse<\/a><\/td>\nA project designed to validate awareness of a vulnerability that could make a smart contract function unexpectedly.
\n“`without disclosing any specifics concerning the vulnerability.<\/td>\nGitHub<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nProtoStar Folding Optimization<\/td>\n\nA domain-specific language (DSL) that permits users to construct high-degree circuits and compile them into a recursion-optimized ProtoStar<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPSE Small Grants<\/td>\nPaul Yu<\/a><\/td>\nPSE<\/a> trial initiative to onboard exceptional talent into the ZK and cryptography sector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nPSE Technical Paper Writer\/Editor & Developer<\/td>\nomurovec<\/a><\/td>\nA technical paper writer\/editor and developer to assist PSE<\/a> in standardizing and promoting research more effectively, enhancing community involvement, and refining project tracking.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nUniRep Halo2 R&D<\/td>\nBhargav Annem<\/a><\/td>\nResearch associated with Halo2 for the UniRep Protocol<\/a>, integration of Halo2 with Javascript in a web browser via nodejs, and circuit development for UniRep within Halo2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nUniRep Protocol Core Enhancements & Iterations<\/td>\nmango9264<\/td>\nEnhancements and iterations for the protocol, along with support for multiple projects within the UniRep Protocol<\/a> group.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nUniRep Social Taiwan<\/a><\/td>\n\nA fully anonymous social media platform that safeguards users’ identities from surveillance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK Email Wallet<\/a><\/td>\nSora Suegami<\/a> & Aayush Gupta<\/a><\/td>\nA smart contract wallet utilizing email addresses that permits users to transfer crypto assets by simply sending emails without requiring any actions from the recipients.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK-MPC<\/a><\/td>\nYoii Inc.<\/a><\/td>\nUtilizing 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK Playground<\/a><\/td>\n\nAn 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK-Powered Data Marketplace<\/td>\n\nA platform enabling users to engage, examine, and extract insights from scientific datasets via ZK functionalities, without obtaining information about the datasets themselves.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZKStats<\/a><\/td>\nJern Kunpittaya<\/a><\/td>\nA library designed for scientific calculations and datasets while maintaining privacy by generating and verifying proofs for statistical inquiries directed at one data provider.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero-knowledge proofs<\/td>\n64-bit Hash Function Research and Implementation<\/td>\nKnow-Center<\/a> & TU Graz<\/a><\/td>\nInvestigation and applications of rapid and circuit-efficient hash algorithms specifically designed for 64-bit domains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\n\nBuidl Guidl<\/a><\/td>\nCommunity for learners and creators who build products and prototypes while offering education for Ethereum developers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nEVM.js Library<\/a><\/td>\nLuis Mastrangelo<\/a><\/td>\nSymbolic interpreter and decompiler for EVM, complemented by various utilities for programmatic extraction of data from bytecode.<\/td>\nTwitter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nlazy-etherscan<\/a><\/td>\nYoshi Usuzawa<\/a><\/td>\nEthereum blockchain explorer that is navigable via terminal, showcasing Ethereum blocks and transactions while offering search and analytic functionalities.<\/td>\nTwitter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nPython ERC-4337 SDK<\/a><\/td>\nAlexey Nebolsin<\/a><\/td>\nSDK for Python that focuses on ERC-4337 along with a concise blog series explaining the development process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nRemix Compiler Service<\/td>\nApeWorX<\/a><\/td>\nAn enhanced and open-source compilation service for the Remix IDE<\/a>, which will incorporate support for languages like Fe<\/a> and Huff<\/a>. It will facilitate the integration of various tools, adhere to the EIP-2678 specification, and enhance developer experience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nWhatsABI<\/a><\/td>\nAndrey Petrov<\/a><\/td>\nContinued enhancement of the WhatsABI static analysis and decompilation tool for Solidity bytecode.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tools<\/td>\nWeb3.js<\/a><\/td>\nChainSafe<\/a><\/td>\nA suite of libraries enabling users to connect with a local or remote Ethereum node through HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nExecution layer<\/td>\nBeyond Borders: Investigating MEV and Perils in Cross-Domain Arbitrage between Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges<\/td>\nColin Chan<\/a><\/td>\nEmpirical insights into MEV dynamics arising from cross-domain arbitrage between CEX and DEX on Ethereum, ideally quantifying the value loss from these informed traders.<\/td>\nEmail<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, GitHub<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nExecution layer<\/td>\nErigon Execution Client<\/a><\/td>\n\nInvestment 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nExecution layer<\/td>\nFuzz Testing the EIP-4788 Bytecode<\/td>\nGuido Vranken<\/a><\/td>\nEvaluate the bytecode of EIP-4788, which is planned for the Dencun upgrade.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nExecution layer<\/td>\nFe Language Server<\/a><\/td>\n\nDevelop a language server implementation for Fe<\/a> and merge it with the VSCode plugin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral growth & support<\/td>\nDVStakers<\/a><\/td>\nEridian<\/a> & Spacesider<\/a><\/td>\nEducational endeavor focusing on all aspects of distributed validator technology (DVT) with an expanding global community of solo stakers, operating Ethereum nodes, and DVT validators.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral growth & support<\/td>\nRoad to Devcon Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nGrants round designed to promote the development of local Ethereum communities, initiatives, and projects in Southeast Asia in anticipation of Devcon 7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral growth & support<\/td>\nRun a Node Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nGrants round aiming to inspire a variety of concepts for node operation beyond merely running a validator.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral growth & support<\/td>\nStereum<\/a><\/td>\nRockLogic GmbH<\/a><\/td>\nA toolkit that streamlines the process of setting up and managing an Ethereum node, emphasizing self-sovereignty, privacy, and adaptability.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIndirect funding<\/td>\nEthereum Argentina Quadratic Funding Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nQuadratic funding round dedicated to projects developed during Ethereum Argentina<\/a>‘s buildathon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIndirect funding<\/td>\nZK Playground Quadratic Funding Round<\/td>\n\nQuadratic funding round for projects created during ZK Playground<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIndirect funding<\/td>\nDevcon VI Supporter Program<\/td>\nProtocol Guild<\/a><\/td>\nFunds raised from the Devcon VI Supporter Program<\/a> allocated to Protocol Guild.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/td>\nclr.fund<\/a><\/td>\n\nOngoing 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/td>\n\nDecentralization Research Center<\/a><\/td>\nA non-profit entity that promotes unbiased decentralization research and serves as a central point for crucial stakeholders.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/td>\nStealth Address Standardization<\/a> & Umbra<\/a> v2<\/td>\nScopeLift<\/a><\/td>\nCompletion 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nProtocol growth & support<\/td>\nAccount Abstraction Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nGrants round designed to foster development, research, and education related to account abstraction and the necessary framework to support it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nProtocol growth & support<\/td>\nDendrETH<\/a><\/td>\nMetacraft Labs<\/a><\/td>\nImplementation 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nProtocol growth & support<\/td>\nEthereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF): Cohort 4<\/a><\/td>\n\nStipends offered to cohort participants of the EPF, a program that aims to onboard developers to the methodology of protocol development.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nProtocol growth & support<\/td>\nKZG Ceremony Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nGrants round established to assist the Ethereum KZG Ceremony<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/div>\n