ÐΞVgrants updates and new funding
If the Devcon 1 What has proven anything in spades has certainly been the passion, creativity, and drive of the Ethereum developer community. A small but growing community is harnessing the never-before-seen potential of the Ethereum World Computer. only Reimagine Money (or even only Reimagining the Internet)… is also reimagining and providing an alternative model for reorganizing the very fabric of our society around a more transparent and testable “stack.”
ÐΞVgrants came into existence It was created on April 7, 2015 to alleviate some of the natural burden of developing low-level tools that can advance the above scenarios. At DEVCON1, I gave a very short talk summarizing the projects funded so far, as well as a special presentation on ongoing funding.
Omise’s donation
The good news is that ÐΞVgrants is not over. Because we now have $100K USD in additional funds available through the new year, thanks to a generous donation from . skip.
“We are honored to have the opportunity to support the decentralization revolution, starting with our contribution to relaunch the Ethereum ÐΞVgrants program.” – Jun Hasegawa, CEO Omise
It is our hope that this donation will encourage both potential funders to come forward and support ÐΞVgrants and related activities as much as it encourages potential applicants. Thank you to Jun and Omise for their gesture of goodwill in the space.
Project Summary
Sing (Ethereum Android) – Sing.io
Jarrad Hope awarded £5K grant
DApp browser for mobile devices like Mist
- GUI built based on ethereumj-android project, iOS port scheduled to be released
- The goal is a high-quality end-user experience delivered this quarter (Q1 2006).
- Grant supported the original port of ethereumj to Android.
Eth (Embedded) – ethembedded.com
John Gerryts / Richard Ayotte £3.6K grant awarded
Ethereum on Embedded Devices
- Ported the go-ethereum and cpp-ethereum clients to several embedded, ARM-based, development boards and single board computers (SBCs).
- Supports: Raspberry Pi2, BBB – BeagleBone Black, WandBoard Quad, Odroid XU3/XU4 on Hardkernel
- Includes simplified setup script
casper
Vlad Zamfir / LG Meredith awarded $25,000 grant
Deposit-based public consensus protocol
- Simulation/validation of the convergence properties of Casper’s block-by-block betting strategy
- Economic and consensus manager implementation
MetaMask – Metamask.io
Aaron “kumavis” Davis Awarded $30,000 Grant
Web-based Ethereum client
- Run DApps in the browser with minimal user friction.
- The main goal is to engage ‘the rest of the world’.
- Grants support for browser emulator and extension development
And today we are pleased to announce a new grant that has just been approved.
“Snappy” framework
Slock.it Team €9900 grant
Ethereum Framework Ubuntu Core (Snappy)
- Deploy Ethereum with one click any Ubuntu Core Device
- It provides all the resources and libraries you might need for a Dapp running on your device.
- Bulletproof environment for deployments where reliability is paramount (ideal for IoT)
- This creates the possibility of seeing mass deployments of Ethereum nodes across thousands of devices.
as a result
Providing grants to developers of great platform-level Ethereum projects has allowed important new work to flourish, which in turn enables and accelerates higher-level development on which others can build. As this highly successful experiment is once again open for business, take a look at your project and consider whether the components that benefit everyone could benefit from a grant.
Comments and questions may be directed to me at: wendell@ethereum.org Or our grid. As before, stakeholders can also follow suit. @DEVgrants Follow us on Twitter for updates on funded projects, changes to assessment policies, and more. The ÐΞVgrants website is still a work in progress and contains more details about the above projects and our plans.
I’m really looking forward to reading your application!
