December 2020 Beneficiary Recruitment | Ethereum Foundation Blog

One last cheer before heading into 2021. Read on for updates on some of our beneficiaries!

Gitcoin For CLR matching

Gitcoin Grant CLR was One of the first practical uses ~ Of 2nd financingNumber of unique contributors to the grant greater weight rather than the dollar total when determining the match amount.

CLR grants have come a very long way since the first round in early 2018! There are currently 16 organizations and approximately the same number of individuals pledging matching funds. 8 rounds, which has grown into a truly community-driven support system for the ecosystem’s many open source contributors. The platform itself has also matured, with recent UI improvements including:

• “Shopping Cart,” which allows users to donate to multiple grants at once and share their shopping cart with friends
• integrated zksync For scalability, you can consolidate multiple donations into one transaction.
• collection Users can keep track of their favorites or browse what others have chosen.

EIP 1559 research and development

EIP 1559, which proposes changes to the Ethereum fee market, has been the focus of discussion and development across the community since 2019. A recent multi-awardee grant was made to support ongoing community-driven research and development. Consensys has received funding to help coordinate research and development. Development efforts, 1559 Funds sent to Multisig are managed by signatories from multiple organizations to support community activities, including client implementation, infrastructure, bug bounties, and outreach.

was there a lot of works This grant was done before in EIP 1559 and that progress has not slowed down! A small sample of recent updates:

Track EIP 1559 R&D progress with regular reports from Tim Beiko. update, Implementer’s Call NotesOr stay tuned. Mainnet preparation checklist.

A few more quick mentions

Of course, we cannot leave without acknowledging that fact. exorbitant Achievements from all client teams and other builders who contributed on December 1st eth2 beacon chain launched!

Until next year :wave: