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The Human Stories of Ethereum – Meet the Next Billion Fellows Cohort 3

As we look at our world, it seems that individual humans are increasingly on the edges and in the margins of the big stories that play out on our scrolling screens. The narratives that captivate and resonate with ordinary folks seem to exist at a scale...

7 Aug 2023

KZG Ceremony Special Contributions

The Special Contribution Period for the KZG Ceremony ran 01-16 April 2023. This allowed participants to contribute in ways that may not have been possible in the Open Contribution period. While the Ceremony only needs a single honest participant to pr...

2 Aug 2023

Announcing The Road To Devcon Grants

Devcon 7 is scheduled for 2024, and while the final location is still TBA, we can say one thing with certainty: Devcon is coming to Southeast Asia! 🌏 We can’t wait for our journey to Devcon 7 in Southeast Asia to begin and are happy to see that the......

29 Jun 2023

Academic Grants Round 2023 Announcement

We are excited to announce the recipients of this year's Academic Grants Round. We received more than 250 applications and have awarded over $2 million in funding to 43 projects across several categories. The awarded teams are distributed all across t...

28 Jun 2023

Announcing The Devconnect Istanbul Scholars Program

We are thrilled to announce the first-ever Devconnect Scholars Program! The Devconnect Scholars Program will provide talented and values-aligned individuals from communities currently geographically and demographically underrepresented in Ethereum wit...

26 Jun 2023

Allocation Update: Q1 2023

Kicking off the year with an addition to our Allocation Updates: we've included the contact details for grantees' projects, so that interested readers can reach out and get involved or learn more! With that being said, read on to find out which projec...

15 Jun 2023

PKT Town Hall | May 2023

The PKT Town Hall Newsletter – Issue #7 On May 25th, 2023 the PKT Cash community hosted a town hall event to discuss the current updates in the ecosystem. Speakers...
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9 Jun 2023

Ethereum Protocol Fellowship – Fourth Cohort Applications Are Open!

TL;DR: The application deadline for the fourth cohort of EPF has been extended 📆 The EPF Team held a town hall & FAQ session - watch the recording here 👀 Submit your application here before June 18th 📝 Greetings, Ethereum community! We are excited t...

1 Jun 2023

PKT Town Hall | April 2023

The PKT Town Hall Newsletter – Issue #6 On April 27th, the PKT Cash community hosted a town hall event to showcase the recent developments in the PKT project, including...
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17 May 2023

Ethereum Protocol Fellowship: Third Cohort Recap

TL;DR: The EPF concluded its third cohort and is preparing for the fourth cohort. Applications will be open soon. Sign up here to get notified when they open. The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship recently completed its third successful cohort in February ...

10 May 2023

Secured #5: Public Vulnerability Disclosures Update

Today, we have disclosed the second set of vulnerabilities from the Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program! 🥳 These vulnerabilities were previously discovered and reported directly to the Ethereum Foundation. When bugs are reported and validated, the ...

3 May 2023

Scouting for the Future: Technology and the Scouting Movement

Hello everyone! My name is Mihajlo, and over the past six months as part of my Next Billion Fellowship, I’ve been working to bring the benefits of Web3 to the World Scouting Movement. Growing up in Serbia in the '90s, I experienced firsthand the devas...

1 May 2023

Devconnect is back! See you this year in Istanbul.

Dear Ethereum community, builders, and researchers, At the first-ever Devconnect last year in Amsterdam in 2022, we came together for a week of in-depth workshops and discussions. Many that participated in the sessions and conversations told us they f...

20 Apr 2023

PKT Town Hall | March 2023

The PKT Town Hall Newsletter – Issue #5 The PKT Project has experienced substantial growth in recent months. Contributing community members are focused on building the community, launching real world...
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30 Mar 2023

Mainnet Shapella Announcement

Withdrawals are coming! The Shapella network upgrade will activate on the Ethereum network at epoch 194048, scheduled for 22:27:35 UTC on Apr. 12, 2023 Stakers & node operators should read this post as well as the Withdrawals FAQ From now until April 5...

28 Mar 2023

Next Billion Fellowship Cohort 3 – Call for applications

Ethereum is a living entity, distributed across time and space, accessible through our screens and communication devices. What gives it life are the myriad human relationships that have become intertwined with the roots, branches, and leaves of the Eth...

16 Mar 2023

Goerli Shapella Announcement

Withdrawals are coming! The Shapella network upgrade will activate on the Goerli network at epoch 162304, scheduled for 10:25:36 PM UTC on Mar. 14, 2023 Stakers & node operators should read this post as well as the Withdrawals FAQ The Zhejiang testnet ...

8 Mar 2023

Announcing Devcon 7!

Last year, after a three-year-long pause, we emerged from the pandemic stronger than before and reunited in Bogotá for the largest and some would say, “[best](https://twitter.com/avsa/status/15...

28 Feb 2023

Allocation Update: Q4 2022

There's been buzz and excitement surrounding the new year, but we haven't forgotten about the grantees from last quarter! Find out which projects received funding in Q4 2022 in the table below:...

22 Feb 2023

Sepolia Shapella Announcement

Withdrawals are coming! The Shapella network upgrade will activate on the Sepolia network at epoch 56832, scheduled for 4:04:48 AM UTC on Feb. 28, 2023 Stakers & node operators should read this post as well as the Withdrawals FAQ The Zhejiang testnet c...

21 Feb 2023

Finalized no. 38

Withdrawals are imminent. tl;dr Shanghai+Capella (aka Shapella) is on the horizon. Stakers, node operators, infrastructure providers -- pay attention and test! The Academic Grants Round is live! Applications are due by February 27, 2023...

10 Feb 2023

Layer 2 Community Grants Winners

The Privacy & Scaling Explorations team is excited to announce the winners of the Layer 2 Community Grants 2022. The Layer 2 Community Grants round started on October 24th, 2022 and was open for 6 weeks. In total we received 130+ proposals and thank e...

9 Feb 2023

Edelweiss Interop Recap

With The Merge now firmly behind us, protocol developers have been making progress across a (record?) number of areas over the past few months. Withdrawals, danksharding, EOF, verkle tries, history expiry, SSZ and more have all seen significant progres...

7 Feb 2023

The potential to empower disenfranchised communities in Latin America using Ethereum

The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Marcus AM. Hola 👋, my name is Marcus and I'm a researcher and builder from Guatemala, and an EF Fellow. An optimist at heart, I’m driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innova...

6 Feb 2023

Grantee Roundup – Q1 2023

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we check in on projects that are well underway or already at the finish line. You may have noticed something different—instead of mon...

3 Feb 2023

Looking back: 2022 on ethereum.org

From the explosion of the scaling and layer 2 ecosystems to the first Devcon in three years and The Merge, it has been an exciting year for Ethereum and ethereum.org. We’ve shipped many impactful features and content, with thousands of incredible contr...

18 Jan 2023

EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Roundup

Friends, As the year of the Merge ends, we wanted to share updates from many of the Ethereum gardeners and EF-supported teams that achieved long sought accomplishments, both big and small, alongside the rest of the ecosystem in 2022. We all have a lot...

29 Dec 2022

KZG Ceremony Grant Round

The Protocol Support team is organizing a grant round to support the upcoming Ethereum KZG Ceremony. The KZG Ceremony is a coordinated public ritual that will provide a cryptographic foundation for Ethereum scaling initiatives like EIP-4844. Learn mor...

15 Dec 2022

Allocation Update Q3 2022

Before the year comes to a close, we'd like to highlight the amazing projects that received funding in the previous quarter. Read on to learn more about our Q3 grantee lineup!...

7 Dec 2022

Merge Data Challenge Results

The Ethereum Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the Merge Data Challenge 🐼. The challenge ran for ~9 weeks surrounding the Merge, allowing for data analysts to gather and review information both before and after the big event. Participan...

5 Dec 2022