Allocation Update – Q2 2024

Community & educationBeerFi Prague MeetupsTechnical meetups focused on builders and contract development, hosted in Prague, Czech Republic.Community & educationBlockchain Course with UNAHCryptoversidadComprehensive program on cryptocurrency and blockchain with a focus on the Ethereum ecosystem, delivered in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH).Community & educationCode Africa HackathonHackathon in Nairobi, Kenya that encouraged participants to build projects that could lead to positive real-world impact and explore themes such as zero knowledge (ZK), account abstraction, and privacy.Community & educationDigital Democracy DayBlockSplitEvent organized in Split, Croatia that delved into the future of collaborative technology and plural democracy, with an emphasis on funding journalism and running digital elections.Community & educationDWeb Fellowship ProgramFellowship program for DWeb Camp that invites individuals creating or employing technologies in ways that uplift communities facing systemic inequality.Community & educationeSatyaSupporting blockchain awareness and community-building efforts in Nepal through the development of an Ethereum-focused curriculum, meetups, and blockchain sessions.Email, TwitterCommunity & educationETHAccraHackathon in Accra, Ghana that will be accompanied by workshops in several universities to generate interest in Ethereum.Community & educationETH Beijing HackathonHackathon with a focus on public goods, research, and layer 2 (L2) dapps organized in Beijing, China.Community & educationETH BelgradeConference and hackathon hosted in Belgrade, Serbia revolving around topics such as core protocol and infrastructure, tooling, and security.Community & educationETHDublinHackathon and conference with tracks such as ReFi, cybersecurity and digital privacy, and public goods, organized in Dublin, IrelandCommunity & educationETH EcuadorConference co-hosted by prominent universities in Quito, Ecuador that delved into topics such as smart contracts, applications and the future of blockchain, and legal tech.Community & educationEthereum ArgentinaConference and hackathon organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina focusing on topics such as smart contracts, L2s, and security.Community & educationEthereum Chile: Cordillera ConnectConference that explored topics such as smart contracts, staking, and scalability, hosted in Santiago, Chile.Community & educationEthereum Developer ProgramKerala Blockchain AcademyFree and open-source online Ethereum developer course taking place over three months for students from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.Community & educationEthereum Summer SchoolComets of Web3Educational and hands-on program at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca teaching students how to build dapps and smart contracts on Solidity.Community & educationEthereum UruguayBuildathon and event with tracks such as infrastructure and security, public goods, and DeFi, hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay.Community & educationETHKyivHackathon organized in Kyiv, Ukraine with talks and workshops exploring topics including the Ethereum roadmap, account abstraction, and restaking.Community & educationETHPragueConference and hackathon in Prague, Czech Republic delving into topics such as Ethereum network operation, developer ecosystem and tooling, and cryptography.Community & educationETHRomeurbe.ethHackathon hosted in Rome, Italy with a focus on privacy and account abstraction.Community & educationETHShenzhenConference and hackathon in Shenzhen, China that delved into topics such as ZK, Verkle Tries, and danksharding.Community & educationETHSofiaConference and hackathon in Sofia, Bulgaria with tracks covering topics such as ZK, L2s, and infrastructure.Community & educationETHSydneyOrganizing a series of community activities in Sydney, Australia, including monthly meetups and a hackathon.Community & educationETHTokyoEthereum JapanHackathon with tracks on the freedom of transacting, robust democracy, and infrastructure and tooling hosted in Tokyo, Japan.Community & educationETHWarsawCommunity-building and education activities including podcasts, workshops, meetups, and a hackathon for the Polish-speaking Ethereum community.Community & educationHackOFiesta 5.0Hackathon organized in Lucknow, India with tracks focusing on Ethereum and blockchain, sustainability, and social good.Community & educationIBF Blockchain WeekIndian Blockchain Fraterntiy (IBF)6-day bootcamp in Bennett University, India to introduce students to Solidity programming through hands-on experiences.Community & educationJornadas Argentinas de Didáctica de las Ciencias de la ComputaciónVirtual conference to exchange and discuss new ideas related to computer science pedagogy, including blockchain, for teachers of all educational levels, researchers, and policymakers.Community & educationKyiv EthereumSeries of meetups and workshops to educate the community about Ethereum and onboard more developers.Community & educationmuAccra2-week developer gathering in Accra, Ghana.Community & educationNapulETHConference hosted in Naples, Italy with verticals such as education, public goods, and DeFi.Community & educationOpenSenseGrassroots blockchain security community focused on promoting collaboration, education, and covering the most interesting topics from the blockchain security ecosystem.Community & educationPrivacy Reunion 2 & Privacy Reunion 3Privacy GuardiansEvents delving into on-chain privacy and various cryptography techniques, hosted in Barcelona, Spain and La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.Community & educationProgramming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW@PLDI 2024)Workshop to broaden the exposure of late-stage undergraduate and early-stage graduate students to research and career opportunities in programming languages.Community & educationReference Design for Smart Contracts on IoTChristoforos KachrisDeveloping a framework to serve as reference design for IoT/embedded system developers who want to develop applications to interact with smart contracts and blockchain technology.Community & educationRoad to Devcon Grants RoundGrants round to support the growth of local Ethereum communities, initiatives, and projects in Southeast Asia.Community & educationSignature Singularity ResidencyResidency in Osaka, Japan that brought together teams taking useful signed data and wrapping it in zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) for succinctness, ownership, and selective disclosure.Community & educationSolidity Testing HandbookPraneshASPCompleting a comprehensive, beginner-friendly handbook focused on Solidity testing and sharing it with the wider developer community.Community & educationTUM Blockchain ConferenceConference focusing on the five tracks of education, research, ecosystem, applications, and regulation, hosted in Munich, Germany.Community & educationWeb3 Lagos ConferenceWeb3BridgeConference and hackathon run in Lagos, Nigeria delving into topics such as Ethereum core protocol development, open-source contribution, and building for the continent.Community & educationWeb3Privacy Summit #2Privacy-focused conference in Prague, Czech Republic discussing ways to mainstream privacy in the web3 industry, protect developer rights, and build resilient protocols.Community & education0xCastleProgram exploring pivotal blockchain questions in privacy, scalability, and interoperability through a mix of talks, workshops, and research groups, hosted near Leipzig, Germany.Consensus layerDAS ResearchCodexResearch on data availability sampling (DAS) scalability and high data sampling security by working on the DAS networking design and testing multiple configurations in the specification that could optimize the protocol in the network.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsAnon AadhaarHridam BasuProtocol for proving ownership of an Aadhaar identity (Indian Residence ID) in a privacy-preserving manner, powered by ZKPs on the Ethereum blockchain. The focus of this grant is on exploring new proving backends.Telegram, EmailCryptography & zero knowledge proofsCommunity Manager for PSE Asia Core ProgramElden Park & TeresaCommunity manager for the PSE Asia Core Program, with a particular emphasis on activities in Korea and Taiwan respectively.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsCommunity Manager for PSE LatAm Core ProgramAlex Padilla & Lucila PastoreCommunity manager for the PSE LatAm Core Program, with a particular emphasis on activities in Ecuador and Argentina respectively.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsCryptographic Research GroupAlessandro ChiesaSupporting a Cryptographic Research Group for 1 year, led by EPFL Associate Professor Alessandro Chiesa.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsCursiveDeployed NFC cards for verifiable in-person interactions at zkSummit 11 and explored new forms of signed data beyond NFC taps (e.g. email, passport, HTTP) at the Signature Singularity Residency.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsDevelopment for PSE ProjectsMark RoddyFront-end, smart contract, and other development activities for EthSIM, collaborations with the Next Billion Fellowship Cohort 4, and other ongoing PSE projects.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsEthereum ZK Content in JapaneseSeiya KobayashiBlog post series written in Japanese to raise more awareness and promote a better understanding of Ethereum and ZKPs in Japan.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsFaster Scalar Multiplication of Elliptic Curves Using AVX-512Mitsunari ShigeoSpeeding up the scalar multiplication of multiple points on an elliptic curve using AVX-512.EmailCryptography & zero knowledge proofsFHE-Based Privacy-Preserving Mathematical Optimization0xvonImplementing an FHE-based algorithm that solves the minimum cost flow problem, a prime example of mathematical optimization, while keeping the data encrypted.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsFrom Zero to Halo2ryanycw.ethEnd-to-end tutorial for ZK beginners to fully understand how to write a circuit, an essential part of a halo2 project.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsMACI Anonymized Poll Signup3327Revisiting the voters signup flow to ensure they can signup anonymously to each MACI Poll, to mitigate attacks in which anonymity is compromised due to collusion between a malicious coordinator and an external briber. For more info please refer to this blog post.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsMACI Starter KitYash GoyalScaffold-ETH 2 and MACI voting template, for developers aiming to build decentralized voting applications that prioritize privacy and resist collusion.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsmcl/bls LibraryMitsunari ShigeoC++ pairing library with elliptic curve support for zkSNARK, Ethereum, and more which supports Ethereum 2.0’s BLS signing API.EmailCryptography & zero knowledge proofsMPC Learning GrantLearning grant to delve deeper into multi-party computation (MPC) for a new experimental project under PSE.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsMPCStatsKazumune MasakiAssisting with the implementation and refinement of MPCStats by developing the web-based platform, building proof-of-concepts, and benchmarking different MPC protocols for the MPCStats library.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsNonamezksecurityDomain-specific language (DSL) to write ZK circuits, inspired by Rust and Golang.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsPLUME & ZK Email DevelopmentShreyas LondheOptimizing existing implementations, developing new functionalities, and ensuring seamless integration with cutting-edge proving systems for PLUME and ZK Email.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsPorting ZK-Kit CircuitsRajesh KannaPorting circomlib circuits from Circom to Noir for integrating with the ZK-Kit circuit repo for Noir.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsPractical Async MPCAtsuki MomoseDeveloping a practical asynchronous secure MPC protocol with applications in anonymous communication and cryptographic setups for DeFi.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsPSE Development ActivitiesMach34Support for PSE‘s various development activities, including contributing to ideation, code review and development, and holistic engagement with advanced cryptography experiments.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsThe QSig CommissionInvestigating the viability and implementability of Quantum One Shot Signatures, with a particular focus on blockchain technology.Twitter, TwitterCryptography & zero knowledge proofsReverie-2Yulia KotelnikovaImplementing non-native opening simulation argument and an atomic accumulation scheme based on it.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsSNARK FundamentalsErrol DrummondContinued support to run the SNARK Fundamentals presentation for more communities, which aims to educate beginners on the core ideas of what ZK technology does.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsTLSNotary Server in a TEERyan MacArthurDeveloping a reference implementation of the TLSNotary server within a trusted execution environment (TEE), with the goal of reducing trust assumptions when TLSNotary is used with a neutral notary.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsUniRep Social TaiwanCompletely anonymous social media platform that protects users’ identities from being monitored, catered to the Taiwanese community.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsUX/UI Design SupportSébastien DontignyUX/UI design support for EthSIM‘s android and web application as well as other PSE projects.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsZK Grants RoundGrants round to encourage research and development for ZKPs and standards for ZK L2s.Cryptography & zero knowledge proofsℓ-adic AcceleratorsResearching ZK proving languages and exploring novel methods for compiling functional languages for ZK.Developer experience & toolingBuidl GuidlEducational community of builders creating products and prototypes and providing Ethereum developer education.Developer experience and toolingCircom Language ServerVu VoIntegrating Language Server Protocol (LSP) support to make it easier to develop, audit, and study Circom programs.Developer experience & toolingFe & Applied Cryptography ResearchMicah FitchAttended zkSummit 11 and produced a report discussing developments in cryptography, specifically focusing on their implications for language design and compiler architecture.Developer experience & toolingMEDGAZhuo Zhang & William CheungCreating a robust Solidity debugger that brings features such as arbitrary expression watchers, conditional breakpoints, and improved source code integration to Hardhat and Foundry.Developer experience & toolingrrelayerJosh StevensOpen-source relayer built in Rust which can be used to send gasless transactions, transaction migrations, L2 proof transactions, blob storage transactions, or general script usage.Developer experience and toolingTrueBlocks mini-dAppsDevelop and distribute a fully decentralized mini-dApp leveraging TrueBlocks-core and a newly designed software development kit (SDK), as well as update TrueBlocks-core to improve user experience and address protocol-level updates.EmailDeveloper experience & toolingWallet Test FrameworkContinued support for Wallet Test Framework to incorporate mobile and account abstraction wallets, as well as to develop documentation for builders to create their own tests using the framework.Execution layerEOF Testing & Implementation SupportDanno FerrinImplementation and testing support for Ethereum Object Format (EOF) EIPs.Execution layerROP-12: Optimizing Request Matching for LLM RoutersKshitij Kulkarni, Druv Pai, & Kexin LiuExploring the optimization of large language model (LLM) parameters to enhance the frequency and quality of queries directed to them by router systems, akin to search engine optimization for webpages.General growth & supportEkonaviBreno VeigaPlatform that merges agroforestry projects with blockchain, facilitating better resource management and data tracking.Email, Website, LinkedInGeneral growth & supportImpacts of Web3 & Decentralized Economy on Underrepresented Communities in BrazilAdalberto JuniorExploring how the implementation of educational initiatives for web3 and the promotion of a decentralized economy can positively impact underrepresented communities in Brazil, especially the Black community in favelas (slums).General researchAcademic Grants RoundGrants round funding formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains.General researchData Analytics & ResearchRamshreyas RaoData analytics on retrospective grants and research on topics such as restaking, sequencers, and stablecoins.General researchRadical InfrastructureSachin BennyResearch exploring the ossification of large infrastructure projects and the tensions to manage as protocols ossify.Indirect fundingCryptoversidad Retroactive Public Goods Funding RoundRetroactive public goods funding round run by Cryptoversidad to distribute funding to reward and support individuals who have made valuable contributions in the past.Indirect fundingETHDam Quadratic Funding RoundQuadratic funding round for the projects built during ETHDam‘s hackathon.Indirect fundingEthereum Mexico PGFRetroactive public goods funding round run by Ethereum Mexico to distribute funding to local projects working on public goods, ReFi, onboarding new users, and reducing the gender gap in web3.Indirect fundingEthereum Tegucigalpa Trust RoundRetroactive public goods funding round run by Ethereum Tegucigalpa to distribute funding to local social impact projects.Indirect fundingRoad to Devcon Quadratic Funding Roundclr.fundMatching pool funding for a quadratic funding round supporting communities in Southeast Asia that are also Road to Devcon grantees.Layer 2L2BEATOpen-source L2 data, research, and tooling hub that provides critical resources for the Ethereum L2 ecosystem.OtherFight for the FutureNon-profit advocacy group dedicated to protecting digital rights and activating the internet for the public good.Protocol growth and supportAccount Abstraction Core TeamSupporting the account abstraction developer’s team continuous work on the development of ERC-4337, RIP-7560 (native account abstraction), and EIP-7701 (native account abstraction with EOF).Protocol growth and supportDebian PackagesEniko NagySimplifying the process of packaging different Ethereum nodes for Debian-based systems by providing a structured way to create Debian packages for multiple Ethereum clients.Protocol growth and supportEphemery TestnetHolly AtkinsonAutomatically reset ephemeral Ethereum testnet which could serve as a cross-client testing network without issues stemming from a long-term running history.Protocol growth & supportEthereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF): Cohort 5Stipends for cohort members of the EPF, a program designed to onboard developers to the process through which protocol development happens.Protocol growth & supportSummer of ProtocolsProgram and research effort aiming to catalyze broad interest in the study of protocols as a first-class concept for thinking about the world.StakingRisk Analysis & Metrics Creation for the Ethereum Restaking EcosystemOmar EspejelResearching benchmarks and metrics to monitor the restaking ecosystem’s health effectively, leading to the development of a tool to track the wellness of staking and restaking providers.Twitter, EmailStakingStaking Research20squaresResearching staking decisions, including differentiating between various types of node operators and the factors that influence their decision-making.