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August 30, 2024

ESP

Allocation Update - Q2 2024
Allocation Update - Q2 2024

by Ecosystem Support Program Team

Get ready to explore the exceptional projects and community events that received support in Q2! Learn more about them below:

by Rodrigo Vasquez

The Ecodev Coordinators team at EF announces the 11 recipients of the Data Collection grant round, with a total funding amount of 557,660 USD. After reviews, the winners were selected based on their innovative approaches to advancing data collection and analysis within the Ethereum ecosystem. The selected projects span a variety of initiatives, including developing open-source data platforms, creating comprehensive dashboards and analytical tools, establishing network baselines for healthy ecosystems, and understanding the distribution and evolution of the Ethereum ecosystem. These projects aim to enhance the efficiency, security, and applicability of data collection across different domains. We look forward to the contributions of these projects, anticipating advancements that will benefit the Ethereum ecosystem and the broader field of data analysis.

by EPS Research Team

The Ethereum Protocol Security (EPS) Research Team is pleased to announce the launch of the first Ethereum protocol Attackathon, hosted by Immunefi. This four-week event aims to enhance the security of the Ethereum protocol through a large-scale crowdsourced security audit competition. Our goal is to raise over 2 million USD for the reward pool, the EF has seeded the pool with an initial 500,000 USD.

July 2, 2024

Sec

blog.ethereum.org mailing list incident

by EF Operational Security

On 2024-06-23, 00:19 AM UTC, a phishing email was sent out to 35,794 email addresses by updates@blog.ethereum.org with the following content Users who clicked the link in the email were sent to a malicious website: This website had a crypto drainer running in the background, and if a user initiated their wallet and signed the transaction requested by their website their wallet would have been drained. Our internal security team immediately launched an investigation to help determine who launched the attack, what the aim of the attack was, when it happened, who was affected, and how it happened. Some of the intial actions taken were: Prevented the threat actor from sending additional emails. Sent out notifications via twitter and email to not click the link in question. Closed down the

June 25, 2024

R&D

ZK Grants Round Announcement

by Rodrigo Vasquez

The Ethereum Foundation, along with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, zkSync, announces the 25 winners of the collaborative ZK grant round. Each sponsor contributed 150,000 USD to the shared pool of 900,000 USD. The winners were selected through a rank-choice vote after thorough reviews. The selected projects cover a range of approaches to advancing zero-knowledge proofs. These include developing security frameworks, analyzing cryptographic schemes, creating benchmarking tools for performance and scalability, and integrating advanced cryptographic models into practical applications which will benefit the whole ZK ecosystem. The projects aim to enhance the efficiency, security, and applicability of zero-knowledge proofs across different domains. The grantees include researchers and developers from various organizations and universities, working on both theoretical advancements and practical implementations to address key challenges in

by Team Next Billion

As a global public resource, technology must remain open, accessible, and dedicated to promoting the greater good. The Next Billion Fellowship Program is a testament to this vision, seeking to capture stories of communities whose lives are changing for the better. Today, we are proud to introduce seven individuals with remarkable stories to share. Their narratives offer a glimpse into their diverse contexts and possible futures — ones we cannot fully foresee but where humanity is uplifted. By drawing inspiration from the Next Billion Fellows’ stories, we hope to imagine a future where this open protocol of human coordination serves as a public good for billions of people.

June 14, 2024

Events

Launching a Quadratic Funding round for SEA communities

by Devcon Team

Dear Ethereum explorers, Announcements are coming one after another as we get closer to Devcon. Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of a quadratic funding round for SEA communities by clr.fund! We see the excitement and grassroots energy in Southeast Asia growing and have witnessed the passion from local builders firsthand during our SEA tour in April.

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