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Community and EducationChinese ecosystem developmentETHPlanetSupport ETHPlanet’s ecosystem-building initiatives in China, including collaboration with students and universities, events, community organizations, and educational resources.Community and EducationobeysolveThis is a research and discussion-oriented blockchain conference hosted by Decipher, Seoul National University’s blockchain society.Community and EducationDevspace Virtual HackathonIndian Computer SocietyStudent-hosted hackathon Indian Computer SocietyAimed at developers, researchers, and students.Community and EducationETH GlobalA virtual and in-person hackathon focused on building the Ethereum developer community through learning opportunities and hands-on support for hackers.Community and EducationInformational websiteDeploying a series of easily digestible, informative and educational websites about the Ethereum ecosystem.Community and EducationDevelopment of Russian-speaking ecosystemSponsored a series of Russian virtual Ethereum meetupsCommunity and EducationWeb3 Teacher Training ProgramBlockchain Acceleration FoundationWe aim to provide a foundation for each university to lead educational initiatives by developing curriculum and courses to train college students and professors to become educators of Ethereum development.consensus layerBeacon chain network topology analysisShreyas SamagaWe apply topological data analysis techniques to aspects of the beacon chain network, including visualization of validator behavior, insight into the structure and state of the p2p network, and examination of key consensus indicators.consensus layerBeacon Chain Ransomware AttackDe Montfort UniversityProof-of-concept ransomware attack on Ethereum validators demonstrates the need for more secure infrastructure for large-scale providers.consensus layerChain GuardianNode FactoryApplication and graphical interface for managing multiple validator and beacon nodes with statistics and monitoring.consensus layerlodestarchain safeWe continue to develop the Lodestar JS beacon chain client with goals including light client R&D, improved tooling and documentation, and preparation for the Altair hardfork.consensus layerprismPrism LabWe continue to develop the Prysm client, focusing on R&D on Altair, merging, and sharding, as well as supporting and improving beacon chain production.consensus layerShard Data Proof of Storage MPCPlatonOngoing research and development on Ethereum validators and multi-party computation to set up decentralized staking pools.consensus layerssz.devA website resource that documents and demonstrates the SSZ serialization standard, including visualization playgrounds and React-based SSZ implementations.consensus layertPlonkChristian LechbergerResearch and development on tPlonk, a SNARK-friendly lookup-based hash function.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsdark forest Infrastructure and ToolsBlaine Bublitz and Jacob RosenthalOngoing work on zero-knowledge tools, infrastructure, and community developer support. dark forest.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsBLS Global Walletjames jockeyAn L2 wallet contract that replaces ECDSA signatures with compressed BLS signatures in optimistic rollups.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofscreamcougarProtocol development for secure, anonymous, and verifiable voting technology, as well as additional zero-knowledge R&D and enterprise adoption efforts.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsCLR.Fund UISpencer GrahamImprovements CLR.fnd It is a user interface aimed at creating applications that anyone can deploy to run their own CLR funding round.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsdark forestIn our ongoing work on Dark Forest, a decentralized persistent real-time strategy (RTS) game, we are using zk-snark to build an “imperfect information” environment where users can publicly submit verifiably valid work while remaining private. Shows you how to use it. Dark Forest was created to demonstrate the ability of this framework to create complex environments and strategic dynamics in decentralized games.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsForum moderation via prediction marketsSmart contracts and auto-moderating bots to mitigate spam in online forums using prediction markets.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsMicromix v2activityMicroMix extension, an ETH and ERC-20 mixer semaphoreThis includes the ability to deploy new contracts for all units, a mixer registry to prevent liquidity splits, enable layer 2 distribution, and a fully open source and unminified user interface.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsMPC Step 2Jeff LampardWe produce a suite of components for browser-based, reliable setup events.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsOptimistic Security AssessmentKyle CharbonnetA security assessment of the Optimism codebase produces a report detailing Optimism’s design and code structure and pointing out security vulnerabilities.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsReputation Proof Services: Design and SpecificationJay GraberA design and specification for a reputation proof service that exports cryptographic evidence of user attributes from existing sites where users have built up their reputation, such as Github or Twitter, which can then be verified by the site or distributed application.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsReputation Proof Service: DevelopmentRaphael RouletteDeveloping a reputation proof service that exports cryptographic evidence of user properties from an existing site (e.g. Github or Twitter) to be verified by the site or distributed application.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsRollup Block Explorer Site DesignRachel AckerleyUX strategy and UI design for the roll-up block explorer dashboard, including research information architecture and visual identity.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsRollup Difference CompressionBlagoy DymovskResearch paper and proof of concept for efficient storage of data on blockchain while using rollups for airdrop use cases.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsUnirep SocialDesign smart contracts that users require. UnirepIt is a private and decentralized social media platform based on If you want to publish, you risk your reputation.Every post reduces or adds to your total reputation score.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofszk data marketplacejacksum liuDesign for No Trust data market Smart contracts allow encrypted data to be posted for sale, with buyers able to verify its authenticity using exposed data segments and seller-issued ZKPs.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsZkopru Stress TestStress testing, monitoring tools, CI setup, and cluster testing scripts dillA layer 2 scaling solution for private transactions using zk-SNARKs and optimistic rollups.Developer Experience and ToolsETH winter training resourcesNick the WolfConverts resources from the ETH Winter program, including Introduction to Eth Documents, Mentor Reading Lists, and Quests, into a publicly available format.Developer Experience and ToolsGASOL: Gas Analysis and Optimization ToolkitComplutense University of MadridWith the goal of reducing overall transaction costs and increasing transaction capacity, we develop a super-optimizer for Ethereum smart contracts that optimizes on a block-by-block basis by searching for a sequence of instructions that are semantically identical to the original sequence of the block but consume less gas.Developer Experience and ToolsSoftware engine for game theory modelingUniversity of St. Gallen and status boxSoftware engine for game theoretic modeling of composition games (e.g. auction mechanisms or governance structures) Constructive game theory.Developer Experience and Toolsweb3swiftA general-purpose library that provides web3 functionality in the Swift language for building full-featured native dApps in the Mac/iOS ecosystem.Developer Experience and ToolsZkopru event site designRachel AckerleyUser-friendly website design i will dig Rollup Trusted installation type.execution layerEIP 1559 research and developmentbesutCoordinate efforts to prepare EIP 1559 for adoption by core developers and clients.execution layerbesutMaintenance and development of the Besu eth1 client.execution layernethermindMaintenance and development of the Nethermind eth1 client.execution layercloudMaintenance and development of the Nimbus eth1 client.execution layerOpen EthereumMaintenance and development for the Erigon (fka TurboGeth) eth1 client.execution layerEragonMaintenance and development of OpenEthereum, which acquired the Parity client.indirect financingreference protocolfunding basic subsidy We support the research, development, and adoption of foundational protocols that enable businesses to synchronize their systems of record and reduce costly errors in B2B transactions.indirect financingCLR matchingGitcoinFunding public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem by matching funds from rounds 9 and 10 of Gitcoin’s CLR grants.indirect financingCLR.FNDUsing BrightID and MACI, we develop a production-ready version of clr.fund, a decentralized secondary funding protocol that enables permissionless, pseudonymous, and minimum-trust protocol-level funding on Ethereum.layer 2StablePay Layer 2 SDKSDK for accepting payments over multiple L2s with one API and optionally converting them to stablecoins.Verifiable delay functionDuality Research Paper ReviewBenjamin WesolowskiAn in-depth review of a research paper titled “Large Primes Make Me High: New Results on the Duality Test” written by Dmitry Khovratovich and Mary Maller to validate the groundbreaking results of the duality test that can facilitate large-scale RSA MPC .