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Spotlight on Kenya: Microinsurance for Every Farmer

In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 3% of 48 million smallholder farmers are insured. Owning 1 acre of land and earning approximately $1.40 per person per day characterize a smallholder farmer. Smallholder farmers often own a mixture of cash crops and subsiste...

7 Dec 2021

Verkle tree structure

A Verkle tree is a commitment scheme that works similar to a Merkle tree, but has much smaller witnesses. It works by replacing the hashes in a Merkle tree with a vector commitment, which makes wider branching factors more efficient. Thanks to Kevaund...

2 Dec 2021

How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer

Ethereum's transition to proof of stake -- The Merge -- is near: devnets are being stood up, specifications are being finalized and community outreach has begun in earnest. The Merge is designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end u...

29 Nov 2021

Update on the partnership between EF and UNICEF

Since 2019, we have supported UNICEF’s CryptoFund with recurring contributions, and we are excited about our most recent donation too. Today, I would like to share the story of our journey together, to recognize some of the achievements of our partners...

24 Nov 2021

Finalized no. 32

tl;dr Kintsugi🍵 in progress -- testnet to come Stakers must upgrade for Arrow Glacier...

22 Nov 2021

Announcing Grants for Advocacy Non-Profits

The Ethereum Foundation is allocating 1 million USD in grant funding to organizations that educate governments and policymakers about Ethereum and blockchain technology. We encourage others in the Ethereum community to support their important work....

16 Nov 2021

Arrow Glacier Upgrade Announcement

The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 13,773,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones. Please upgrade your node ...

10 Nov 2021

Allocation Update: Q2 2021

It's that time again - our Q2 grantee lineup is coming right up. But before we get to that: ESP is hiring a Team Lead! We're looking for someone organized, innovative, and passionate about Ethereum. If you think you might be the right person to lead a...

4 Nov 2021

Announcing Devcon Archive V2

Devcon is coming in 2022 (along with something new 🤫), but ahead of our next event updates, we invite you to check out a completely refreshed Devcon archive....

3 Nov 2021

Finalized no. 31

This issue of Finalized is dedicated to the contextualization of a recently published paper describing three possible attacks on Ethereum's proof-of-stake algorithm. tl;dr These are serious attacks with a formally-analyzed, technically-simple mitigati...

2 Nov 2021

PKT Cash – Development Update Sept/Oct 2021

This development update will encompass September & October 2021 and goes into detail on the various PKT technology projects. PKT is an open-source project. All of the PKT blockchain code...
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31 Oct 2021

Grantee Roundup: September 2021

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent mile...

22 Oct 2021

Finalized no. 30

tl;dr Altair is fast approaching. Upgrade your nodes! Now!...

19 Oct 2021

Amphora: A Major Merge Milestone

Earlier this year, the Rayonism hackathon kicked off to protoype the architecture for Ethereum's transition to proof of stake. The transition, often refered to as The Merge, will keep the existing beacon chain (eth2) and execution layer (eth1) clients,...

15 Oct 2021

Best Place to Buy Chainlink

What Is Chainlink? Chainlink is a cryptocurrency that connects outside data from oracles to blockchain smart contracts. This way anyone can access truthful real-world data. Chainlink technology enables blockchains to...
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7 Oct 2021

Altair Mainnet Announcement

The Altair beacon chain upgrade is ready to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet. The upgrade will go live at epoch 74240 (Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC)....

5 Oct 2021

Ethereum.org Translation Program: Milestones and Updates

The ethereum.org Translation Program has been live for over two years, and we are excited to share a couple of milestones we have hit since its inception, as well as some of our plans for the future. Since we launched the initiative in 2019, over 2,00...

4 Oct 2021

Finalized no. 29

Altair is here; the Merge is coming. tl;dr Altair upgrade epoch set, mainnet client releases in progress 👀 Merge interop spec released. Devnets to follow 🏺...

28 Sep 2021

Grantee Roundup: August 2021

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent mile...

22 Sep 2021

Secured no. 1

Earlier this year, we launched a bug bounty program focused on finding issues in the beacon chain specification, and/or in client implementations (Lighthouse, Nimbus, Teku, Prysm etc...). The results (and vulnerability reports) have been enlightening a...

9 Sep 2021

Core Developer Apprenticeship Program: The Second Cohort

Does development of the core protocols that power the Ethereum blockchain excite you? Are you interested in getting involved at the most fundemental and technical levels of the Ethereum protocol? I am excited to announce that we are now accepting appl...

6 Sep 2021

PKT Cash – Development Update August 2021

As August 2021 wraps up, the PKT community is growing at a remarkable rate. There are many notable milestones and achievements to share. PKT is an open-source project. All of...
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31 Aug 2021

Finalized no. 28

The Road to Altair edition 🛣⭐️ tl;dr Pyrmont upgrade successful, scenario testing underway Prater upgrade scheduled for September 2, 12pm UTC Mainnet to follow...

25 Aug 2021

Building Together: Execution-Layer Client Ecosystem Fundraise

Ethereum’s diverse client ecosystem is at the foundation of all that we’re building together. This includes both execution-layer and consensus-layer clients, both of which are essential parts of Ethereum's post-merge future. Supporting execution-layer...

24 Aug 2021

EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Roundup

Welcome to London! This is an exciting time for the Ethereum ecosystem, and the pace will only pick up further as we approach Altair and the Merge in the months ahead. The Beacon Chain now has 6.5+ million Ether staked, and 200K+ active validators onl...

12 Aug 2021

cjdns: How Compact Source Routing is More Efficient

In the world today, the internet still uses many of the protocols from when it was first developed in the 1970s and ‘80s. As more people and devices are connected...
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6 Aug 2021

Grantee Roundup: July 2021

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent mile...

6 Aug 2021

Finalized no. 27

tl;dr It's time to upgrade for London Merge checklist and draft EIP released Altair devnets launch; clients position themselves for mainnet...

26 Jul 2021

London Mainnet Announcement

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15 Jul 2021

Road to Devcon Meetup and Event Grants

Community organizers are the glue that holds the Ethereum ecosystem together, and whether they're leading large-scale events, local meetups, hackathons or seminars, we might all be wandering in the dark forest of the analog world without them. But wher...

15 Jul 2021