{"id":8321,"date":"2025-02-09T05:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=8321"},"modified":"2025-02-09T05:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T04:02:30","slug":"introducing-the-latest-ef-grants-cohort-for-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/introducing-the-latest-ef-grants-cohort-for-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Latest EF Grants Cohort for May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">We appreciate everyone who applied, and we are thrilled to reveal the most recent Ethereum Foundation grants! We supported 22 beneficiaries totaling $2.84M.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"chakra-heading css-145upk7\" id=\"apply-here-for-the-next-round\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1_Fi0UmsdYefkRmWZg12QJOQgQoEajAJPvJw1tRI9N0c\/viewform?edit_requested=true\">Submit your application for the upcoming round!<!-- --><\/a> \ud83e\udd84<!-- --><\/h3>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading css-1w54o5f\" id=\"background\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Overview<!-- --><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Ethereum initiative aims to foster valuable dapps and smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, with the Ethereum Foundation&#8217;s mission being to empower developers through top-notch R&amp;D, developer experience, and education. In spite of the initial promise of the ecosystem, significant progress remains, and we are committed to collaborating with the community to achieve tangible advancements.<!-- --><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">These grants will support teams diligently engaging in research &amp; development to benefit the entire ecosystem and contribute to making Ethereum more <!-- --><\/span><b>scalable, practical, and secure<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. These initiatives do not involve ICOs, no token sales, and are solely focused on creating valuable products and experiences.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><b>Scalability<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> may involve executing sharding, plasma or state channels either with existing teams or independently. Alternatively, it might include optimizing geth\/parity or developing alternative clients. <!-- --><\/span><b>Usability <!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\">pertains to enhancing the developer experience (e.g., static analyzers, linters, development frameworks, mobile SDKs) or the user experience. <!-- --><\/span><b>Security<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> encompasses activities from auditing current contracts to offering tools that prevent programming mistakes to aiding in the development of alternative second-layer languages focused on security. We are also starting to connect with the<!-- --><\/span><b> product\/design<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> community to address product and UX design challenges, including subjects like key management, Ethereum payments UX, and onboarding processes.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Lastly, we would like to remind ourselves of the foundation of the Ethereum project: ardent <!-- --><\/span><b>open-source developers<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> contributing to the project in their free time. Embracing this spirit, we\u2019ve launched a \u201chackternship\u201d grant for community members proposing a significant side project associated with Ethereum.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading css-1w54o5f\" id=\"what-we-provide-for-grantees\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">What we offer for grantees<!-- --><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-13a5a39\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Non-dilutive funding<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Technical guidance<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Access to a broader user base<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Platform to showcase your work<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><span style=\"font-weight:400\">We aspire to equip Ethereum teams with extended runway, counsel, and resources to concentrate solely on developing valuable products and experiences.<!-- --><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Additionally, many of these grants may be complemented by further funding and\/or collaboration upon reaching specific milestones. We believe that this will create effective feedback mechanisms for the ecosystem&#8217;s impact.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading css-1w54o5f\" id=\"grantee-list-may-2018\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Grantee List: May 2018<!-- --><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><b>Scalability:<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/eprint.iacr.org\/2018\/320\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Perun<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $250K. Research &amp; development on state channels.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">PISA (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/staff\/P.McCorry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Patrick McCorry<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> et al.) \u2013 $250K. Research &amp; development on state channels.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1702.05812\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Sprites Implementation<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enuma.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Enuma<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $200K. Implementation of payment channels.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">General Computation on Plasma (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parseclabs.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Parsec Labs<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $50K. Implementation of plasma.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kyokan\/plasma\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Plasma<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/kyokan.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Kyokan<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $50K. Implementation of plasma.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Plasma (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fourthstate\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Fourth State<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $32K. Implementation of plasma.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><b>Usability:<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">DevEx grants*:<!-- --><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/walletconnect.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">WalletConnect<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/balance.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Balance.io<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $150K. Interoperability between web dapps and mobile wallets.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">iOS Dev Kit (by <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ackee.cz\/en\">Ackee<!-- --><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $50K. iOS + Ethereum starter project (<!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93viewmodel\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">MVVM<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> support).<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">EtherKit (by <!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/vault.io\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">vault.io<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">) \u2013 $50K. Framework for iOS development (Swift).<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/vipnode.shazow.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">vipnode<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> &#8211; $35K. Incentivization for light clients.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/buyethdomains\/introducing-browseth-a-new-library-for-interacting-with-ethereum-795d18e7b87d\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">BrowsEth<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $25K. Library in Typescript for browsers.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">#buidl grants**:<!-- --><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/ens.domains\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ENS Foundation<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 <!-- --><\/span><b>$1M<!-- --><\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. Until now, the Ethereum Foundation has provided support to ENS by employing developers in-house, but ENS has reached a level of maturity to stand as a separate entity. We look forward to further collaboration with this excellent project\/team ahead.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/garethtlewis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Pop Wallet<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 \u00a0$100K. Wallet for browsers, open-source.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/trustwalletapp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Trust Wallet<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $30K. Mobile wallet that is open-source.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><b>Security:<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/zeppelin.solutions\/security-audits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Zeppelin<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $430K. Audit of Solidity compiler (co-sponsored with Augur)<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/astump\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Cedille<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $50K. Research and development on formal verification of smart contracts.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/secureth.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">SecureEth<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $30K. Standards for the development of smart contracts.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/gitcoin.co\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gitcoin<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $25K. Platform for bug bounties.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><b>Hackternship:<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/franklinsch\/flint\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Flint Programming Language<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $10K. Language for smart contracts with a focus on safety.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/richard-littauer-130026138\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Richard Littauer<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $10K. Documentation for developer onboarding.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cspannos\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Chris Spannos<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $10K. Documentation for developer onboarding.<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/english.ict.cas.cn\/\">Chinese Academy of Sciences<!-- --><\/a>\u00a0(Yi Sun et al.)<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> \u2013 $5K. Research and development for sharding.<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">* DevEx Grant \u2013 Enhances developer experience (\u201cadvantageous\u201d for developers).<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">** #buidl Grant \u2013 Develops for the end user (\u201cadvantageous\u201d for users).<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">\u00a0<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading css-1w54o5f\" id=\"wishlist-for-future-grants\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Wishlist for forthcoming grants<!-- --><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In subsequent rounds of grants, we aim to see an increase in applications across these sectors:<!-- --><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-13a5a39\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><strong>Scalability<!-- --><\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-347cfg\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Additional implementations of payment and\/or state channels \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Further plasma implementations \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Increased sharding implementations \ud83d\udc9a<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Enhancements to existing clients like geth &amp; parity \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A tokenless \u201cLightning Network\u201d for Ethereum \ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Contracts for tokenless Casper staking pools \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Research and development in WebAssembly \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><strong>Usability<!-- --><\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-347cfg\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Enhance management of private keys and transactions in Ethereum \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Alternative designs for wallets\/clients \ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Standards and portability across wallets \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Tools that elevate developer experience \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Enhanced documentation &amp; educational videos for developers\/users \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Tokenless products for end users \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Development of Vyper \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Increased focus on high-level languages with security in mind \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><strong>Security<!-- --><\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-347cfg\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Audits for security on Solidity and Vyper \ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Audits for smart contracts \ud83d\udc9a<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In particular, assessments for ERC20, ERC223, ERC721, multisig wallets, vaults \ud83d\udd25<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Resources that safeguard against insecure code \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><strong>Hackternships<!-- --><\/strong><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<ol role=\"list\" class=\"css-347cfg\">\n<li class=\"css-cvpopp\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Already employed (or studying)? That\u2019s not an issue! Propose a challenge you&#8217;d like to address and we\u2019re willing to sponsor a 10-week $10K externship for your free time working on Ethereum. \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99(<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Successful initiatives will be highlighted at a developer conference. We are also aiming to recruit and invest from this pool of sideline projects. If you\u2019re unsure where to begin, refer to the list above.)<!-- --><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- --><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\ud83d\udc9a\u2013 Supported in March 2018 cohort<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\ud83d\udc99\u2013 Supported in May 2018 cohort<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\ud83d\udd25\u2013 Recently added to wishlist<!-- --><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">\u00a0<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading css-1w54o5f\" id=\"next-steps\">Next steps<!-- --><\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><span style=\"font-weight:400\">This is a continuous grant initiative, and we would like to encourage the wider community to reach out to us with your proposals (<!-- --><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/esp.ethereum.foundation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">application link<!-- --><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">).<!-- --><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ethereum is created by the community for the community, and we\u2019re here to assist you. Thank you for creating!<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Best,<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ethereum Foundation Team<br \/>\n<!-- --><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">5.2.18<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">(Mainly rephrased from <!-- --><\/span><\/i><a class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2018\/03\/07\/announcing-beneficiaries-ethereum-foundation-grants\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">first post<!-- --><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">)<!-- --><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2018\/05\/02\/announcing-may-2018-cohort-ef-grants\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We appreciate everyone who applied, and we are thrilled to reveal the most recent Ethereum Foundation grants! We supported 22 beneficiaries totaling $2.84M. 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