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Finalized no. 35
tl;dr ETHStaker/clr.fund Ethereum Staking CLR in progress! Don't wait, 5 days left to contribute Data Availability Sampling is a hard but critical problem. Submit a proposal to the DAS RFP to get involved: $1.5M in funding available!...
Published on: May 19, 2022 | Source:
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Secured #4: Bug Bounty Rewards now up to $250,000 USD
The Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program is one of the earliest and longest running programs of its kind. It was launched in 2015 and targeted the Ethereum PoW mainnet and related software. In 2020, a second Bug Bounty Program for the new Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was launched, running alongside the...
Published on: May 16, 2022 | Source:Ethereum Foundation Report
Today, weβve published the EF report, which we hope helps the community understand what the Ethereum Foundation is, our core principles, and our vision of Ethereum as an infinite garden. Click here to read the full report, and to learn more about the EF, our resource allocation processes, 2021...
Published on: April 18, 2022 | Source:Secured #3: Security Teams
Over the past year, the Ethereum Foundation has significantly grown its team of dedicated security researchers and engineers. Members have joined from a variety of backgrounds ranging from cryptography, security architecture, risk management, exploit development as well as having worked on red and blue teams. The members come from different...
Published on: April 14, 2022 | Source:Finalized no. 34
tl;dr Kiln is up, check it out #TestingTheMerge is in full swing. Do your part, get involved!...
Published on: March 23, 2022 | Source:Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet
The Kintsugi merge testnet, launched late December, has been a valuable testing ground for The Merge. Through various test suites, multi-client devnets, shadow forks of Goerli, application deployments, and the community's help #TestingTheMerge, we've arrived at a set of stable and robust protocol specifications. Now that clients have implemented...
Published on: March 14, 2022 | Source:Secured #2: Public Vulnerability Disclosures
Today, we disclosed the first set of vulnerabilities from the Ethereum Foundation's Bug Bounty Programs. These vulnerabilities were previously discovered and reported directly to the Ethereum Foundation or client teams via the Bug Bounty Programs for both the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer. Through its Bug Bounty Programs, which...
Published on: March 09, 2022 | Source:Announcing Grants Round for Academic Research
We are excited to announce a new wave of grants to fund formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains. We encourage academics, research centers, PhD Students and all those interested in researching Ethereum to submit their project proposals. This grants round has...
Published on: March 01, 2022 | Source:Grantee Roundup: January 2022 - Japan Local Grants Edition!
In todayβs roundup, weβre excited to feature four recipients from a recent Local Grants wave in Japan! We see Ethereum as an ever-growing, creative and inclusive playground, and it is our responsibility to let everyone keep playing. Itβs not easy to commit to public goods or novel use cases...
Published on: February 24, 2022 | Source:Devcon: Hacia Colombia en 2022 [Redux]
Queridos Amigos, A few years ago, we outlined what Devcon was all about in the original version of this post, and spoke to our renewed focus on growing the Ethereum ecosystem. In this updated version, we're excited to re-announce Devcon 6, and to share details on our site-selection,...
Published on: February 18, 2022 | Source:Allocation Update: Q3 and Q4, 2021
This one's a double header! Below you'll find the lists of grantees from both Q3 and Q4 of 2021. A note on categories: where we once listed Ethereum 1.0/1.x or Ethereum 2.0, you'll now see "Execution Layer" and "Consensus Layer" respectively. This is part of a broader effort to...
Published on: February 15, 2022 | Source:Devconnect: 18-25 April 2022 in Amsterdam
In our last post, we outlined Devconnect as a week-long gathering that will feature independent Ethereum events, which aim to bring the Ethereum community together in smaller groups to talk, learn about, or make serious progress on specific subjects. Learn more at Devconnect.org...
Published on: February 01, 2022 | Source:Finalized no. 33
tl;dr Merge progress -- minor spec updates, engineering full steam ahead No progress in client diversity. Be selfish, run a minority client!...
Published on: January 31, 2022 | Source:Grantee Roundup: December 2021
Itβs always fun to hear about new grants as theyβre awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, weβll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by...
Published on: January 31, 2022 | Source:The great renaming: what happened to Eth2?
Ethereum is a protocol undergoing significant changes. Client teams are upgrading the protocol to scale to meet global demand while improving security and decentralization. Beyond protocol development, a critical shift in Ethereum has been the movement away from βEth1β and βEth2β terminology.As of late 2021, core developers stopped using the...
Published on: January 24, 2022 | Source:Announcing the KZG Ceremony
High fees have made life difficult for travelers through these Dark Forests. The Pools of Mem once clouded, now clarified by the filter of 1559, reveal that they are not deep enough to sustain. Legends tell of a society flourishing under the abundance brought about by DankShard, of giant...
Published on: January 16, 2022 | Source:Announcing the Kintsugi Merge Testnet
Since returning from the Amphora merge workshop, client teams have been hard at work implementing the latest versions of merge specifications and testing them on devnets. After four ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi , a longer-lived public testnet, is now live! Although client development and UX continue to be refined,...
Published on: December 20, 2021 | Source:An update on Devcon 6, and something new...
Itβs been a little while, and weβve got some news....
Published on: December 13, 2021 | Source:Announcing the Client Incentive Program
Note: this post was updated on April 4, 2022 to include a full copy of the Client Incentive Program details. A diverse set of clients is key to the Ethereum network's health and decentralization. Diversity ensures that innovation continues at the base layer of the protocol, that the network...
Published on: December 13, 2021 | Source:Spotlight on Kenya: Microinsurance for Every Farmer
In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 3% of 48 million smallholder farmers are insured. Owning 1 acre of land and earning approximately $1.40 per person per day characterize a smallholder farmer. Smallholder farmers often own a mixture of cash crops and subsistence or non-commercial farming; and, they lack the financial and technological...
Published on: December 07, 2021 | Source:Verkle tree structure
A Verkle tree is a commitment scheme that works similar to a Merkle tree, but has much smaller witnesses. It works by replacing the hashes in a Merkle tree with a vector commitment, which makes wider branching factors more efficient. Thanks to Kevaundray Wedderburn for feedback on the post....
Published on: December 02, 2021 | Source:How The Merge Impacts Ethereumβs Application Layer
Ethereum's transition to proof of stake -- The Merge -- is near: devnets are being stood up, specifications are being finalized and community outreach has begun in earnest. The Merge is designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end users, smart contracts and dapps. That said, there...
Published on: November 29, 2021 | Source:Update on the partnership between EF and UNICEF
Since 2019, we have supported UNICEFβs CryptoFund with recurring contributions, and we are excited about our most recent donation too. Today, I would like to share the story of our journey together, to recognize some of the achievements of our partnership, and to speak a bit more about whatβs next....
Published on: November 24, 2021 | Source:Finalized no. 32
tl;dr Kintsugi in progress -- testnet to come Stakers must upgrade for Arrow Glacier...
Published on: November 22, 2021 | Source:Announcing Grants for Advocacy Non-Profits
The Ethereum Foundation is allocating 1 million USD in grant funding to organizations that educate governments and policymakers about Ethereum and blockchain technology. We encourage others in the Ethereum community to support their important work....
Published on: November 16, 2021 | Source:Arrow Glacier Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 13,773,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones. Please upgrade your node before Sunday, December 5, 2021 to account for the...
Published on: November 10, 2021 | Source:Allocation Update: Q2 2021
It's that time again - our Q2 grantee lineup is coming right up. But before we get to that: ESP is hiring a Team Lead! We're looking for someone organized, innovative, and passionate about Ethereum. If you think you might be the right person to lead a small but...
Published on: November 04, 2021 | Source:Announcing Devcon Archive V2
Devcon is coming in 2022 (along with something new ), but ahead of our next event updates, we invite you to check out a completely refreshed Devcon archive....
Published on: November 03, 2021 | Source:Finalized no. 31
This issue of Finalized is dedicated to the contextualization of a recently published paper describing three possible attacks on Ethereum's proof-of-stake algorithm. tl;dr These are serious attacks with a formally-analyzed, technically-simple mitigation. A fix will be rolled out prior to the Merge and will not delay Merge timelines....
Published on: November 02, 2021 | Source:Grantee Roundup: September 2021
Itβs always fun to hear about new grants as theyβre awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, weβll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by...
Published on: October 22, 2021 | Source:Finalized no. 30
tl;dr Altair is fast approaching. Upgrade your nodes! Now!...
Published on: October 19, 2021 | Source:Amphora: A Major Merge Milestone
Earlier this year, the Rayonism hackathon kicked off to protoype the architecture for Ethereum's transition to proof of stake. The transition, often refered to as The Merge, will keep the existing beacon chain (eth2) and execution layer (eth1) clients, and "merge" both chains by making the beacon chain drive the...
Published on: October 15, 2021 | Source:Altair Mainnet Announcement
The Altair beacon chain upgrade is ready to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet. The upgrade will go live at epoch 74240 (Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC)....
Published on: October 05, 2021 | Source:Finalized no. 29
Altair is here; the Merge is coming. tl;dr Altair upgrade epoch set, mainnet client releases in progress Merge interop spec released. Devnets to follow ...
Published on: September 28, 2021 | Source:Grantee Roundup: August 2021
Itβs always fun to hear about new grants as theyβre awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, weβll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by...
Published on: September 22, 2021 | Source: